The Difference between CAM and Integrative Medicine with Donald Abrams, MD
CancerChoices advisor Donald Abrams, MD, discusses the difference between CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) and integrative medicine.
. Last modified on : Oct 23 2025Integrative Care for Advanced Breast Cancer: Results from the Block Center with Keith Block, MD
CancerChoices advisor Keith Block, MD, discusses a published study investigating the impacts of integrative care on women with advanced metastatic breast cancer receiving care at the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment.
. Last modified on : Oct 23 2025Meet the Practitioner: Dr. Jen Green, ND, FABNO, Naturopathic Oncologist
In this insightful podcast, Dr. Jen Green, a naturopathic doctor specializing in oncology, provides a wealth of information about integrative oncology and how it can complement conventional cancer care.
. Last modified on : Oct 23 2025What to Do When Your Oncologist Doesn’t Support Complementary Therapies
What might you do when your oncologist doesn’t support your desire to incorporate complementary therapies and self-care practices into your care plan?
. Last modified on : Oct 24 2025CancerChoices Year-end Reflections—2023
We want to help you or someone you care for to live as well as possible for as long as possible. The way we do all of this is to help you or someone you care for understand both the strengths and weaknesses of all three modalities—conventional, self-care and complementary approaches.
. Last modified on : Dec 02 2024How to Evaluate Trustworthiness of Websites on Complementary Cancer Therapies
How can you tell the sites with supportable claims from those that are less trustworthy?
. Last modified on : Dec 23 2023Complementary 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.
. Last modified on : Jan 28 2026Understanding 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.
. Last modified on : Dec 27 2023CancerChoices 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.
. Last modified on : Dec 02 2024Vitamin 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.
. Last modified on : Dec 27 2023