Additional Information about CAM Therapies

• The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ¹ (NCCAM).
• The National Cancer Institute Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine ² (OCCAM).
• CAM on PubMed ³, a special subset of the PubMed scientific literature database created through a partnership between NCCAM and the National Library of Medicine.

About PDQ

• PDQ® - NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database ⁴

  Full description of the NCI PDQ database.

Other PDQ Summaries

• PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Adult Treatment ⁵

  Treatment options for adult cancers.

• PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Pediatric Treatment ⁶

  Treatment options for childhood cancers.

• PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Supportive and Palliative Care ⁷

  Side effects of cancer treatment, management of cancer-related complications and pain, and psychosocial concerns.

• PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Screening/Detection (Testing for Cancer) ⁸

  Tests or procedures that detect specific types of cancer.

• PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Prevention ⁹

  Risk factors and methods to increase chances of preventing specific types of cancer.

• PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Genetics ¹⁰

  Genetics of specific cancers and inherited cancer syndromes, and ethical, legal, and social concerns.

• PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Complementary and Alternative Medicine ¹¹

  Information about complementary and alternative forms of treatment for patients with cancer.

Important:

This information is intended mainly for use by doctors and other health care professionals. If you have questions about this topic, you can ask your doctor, or call the Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237).