Sue Cohen: Poetry and Painting on the Path Forward

The creative expression in this painting and poetry journey supported me in approaching the original trauma of my cancer detection, diagnosis, treatment, recuperation, and life afterwards.

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How to Evaluate Trustworthiness of Websites on Complementary Cancer Therapies

How can you tell the sites with supportable claims from those that are less trustworthy?

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Complementary Therapies and Cancer: How Much Evidence Is Enough?

We view the use of science-informed, low-risk, affordable therapies as a reasonable option for patients. Stronger evidence of benefit is needed for therapies that are risky, expensive, or otherwise burdensome.

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Understanding Research Studies

Evidence that a therapy “works” runs a whole range from unreliable to trustworthy. In this post, we consider the design of research studies.

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CancerChoices Supplement and Therapies Database: Top-Rated on Quality and Trustworthiness

We received the highest rating among the sites evaluated for quality and trustworthiness of information on cancer complementary therapies.

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Vitamin D: Hit the Sweet Spot to Reduce Cancer Risk

Evidence so far shows a lower risk of many types of cancer among people with mid-range blood vitamin D levels compared to low levels. However, if your blood level is already in the middle range, taking vitamin D supplements might not bring much benefit regarding cancer risk.

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Your Choices

We’re here to make it easy for you to do better with your conventional treatments with self care + complementary care that are supported by good science.

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Choices in Conventional Care

Conventional cancer treatments offer the only proven cures for cancer. They may also extend and improve life when cures are not possible.

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Making Skillful Decisions

Here are some important rules of thumb for getting these powerful—yet also often difficult—cancer treatments right.

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Choices in Self Care

The secret to self care is simply caring about yourself. Let it be real. Do what makes you feel better.

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