Handbooks for cancer types
We’re building further handbooks on broad cancer types. While we’re assembling the new handbooks, we share these from our predecessor site, Beyond Conventional Cancer Therapies.
Colorectal cancer

Ovarian cancer

Resources for other cancer types
Brain cancer
Pangal DJ, Baertsch H et al. Complementary and alternative medicine for the treatment of gliomas: scoping review of clinical studies, patient outcomes, and toxicity profiles. World Neurosurgery. 2021 Jul;151:e682-e692.
Gynecological cancer
Ben-Arye E, Samuels N, Lavie O. Integrative medicine for female patients with gynecologic cancer. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2018 Sep/Oct;24(9-10):881-889.
Lung cancer
Frenkel M, Slater R, Sapire K, Sierpina V. Complementary and integrative medicine in lung cancer: questions and challenges. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2018 Sep/Oct;24(9-10):862-871.
Pancreatic cancer
Frenkel M, David A, Sapire K, Hausner D. Complementary and integrative medicine in pancreatic cancer. Current Oncology Reports. 2023 Mar;25(3):231-242.
Find complementary therapies for each cancer type
You can search for therapies showing benefit for a specific cancer type in our reviews of complementary therapies. Select a cancer type from the filters along the left side of the page. Reviews of Complementary Therapies ›
Integrative approaches to cancer treatment
More handbooks are under development.
Managing symptoms and side effects
Handbooks on further side effects and symptoms are available on our predecessor site, Beyond Conventional Cancer Therapies: