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Handbooks for cancer types

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Your Breast Cancer Handbook

Find a wealth of information about integrative medical care for people with breast cancer, including before, during, and after cancer treatment.
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Prostate Cancer: A Whole Person Approach

Learn about integrative therapies for prostate cancer that can help you manage side effects, support your well-being, and possibly improve treatment outcomes.

Additional handbooks are in development. In the meantime, explore these handbooks from our predecessor site, Beyond Conventional Cancer Therapies:

Colorectal cancer

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Colorectal Cancer Handbook (PDF)

Ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer Handbook (PDF)

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 specific cancer types

You can search for therapies showing benefit for a specific cancer type in our Supplement and Therapies Database ›. Select a cancer type from the filters along the left side of the page.

Integrative approaches to cancer treatment

Surgery: An Integrative Approach

An integrative approach to surgery involves actively preparing for surgery, making wise choices about pain control during and after surgery, and promoting a balanced body terrain all throughout your surgery experience.

When Conventional Treatments Are Not an Option

You may have reached a point where conventional treatments are not right for you. We help you assess your options.

Palliative Care in Cancer

Palliative care in cancer can help you manage symptoms and side effects or meet physical or psychosocial needs at any stage after a cancer diagnosis.

Integrative, Whole-Person Care: Envisioning Its Potential to Transform the Cancer Journey

CancerChoices advisor Wayne B. Jonas, MD, discusses how integrative, whole-person care can change the journey of a person with cancer in terms of treatments and outcomes, quality of life, and emotional impacts.

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Explore other handbooks

Body Terrain Handbooks

Your body terrain is the internal conditions of your body—blood sugar balance, hormone balance, inflammation, immune health, and more. The condition of your terrain can make a big difference in cancer outcomes. Learn how to optimize your body terrain using our handbooks.

Managing Symptoms & Side Effects

These handbooks provide information about an integrative approach to manage and reduce unpleasant symptoms including pain, depression, sleep disruption, and gastrointestinal distress.

7 Lifestyle Practices

The 7 Lifestyle Practices make you healthier in many ways. Learn about using these practices to build resilience, reduce symptoms and side effects, improve your body terrain, and possibly reduce risk of recurrence.