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In process
| Therapy | Other sites to check | Expert use › |
|---|---|---|
| Vitamin D Scheduled for publication in August | BCCT: Vitamin D Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Vitamin D National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements: Vitamin D Fact Sheet for Health Professionals Vitamin D Council: About Vitamin D | Alschuler & Gazella Block Chang Lemole, Mehta & McKee MacDonald McKinney |
| Metformin Scheduled for publication in September | BCCT: Metformin Integrative Oncology Essentials: Metformin Supplementation and Cancer Treatment | Block Chang McKinney |
| Green Tea and EGCG | BCCT: Green Tea / EGCG The Centre for Health Innovation Evidence-Based Monographs: Patient version: Green Tea (Camellia sinensis) Health professional version: Green Tea (Camellia sinensis) Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center About Herbs: Green Tea CAM Cancer: Green tea (Camellia sinensis) | Alschuler & Gazella Block Lemole, Mehta & McKee MacDonald McKinney Traditional medicine |
| Omega 3 Fatty Acids | BCCT: Omega-3 Fatty Acids Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center About Herbs: Omega-3 Harvard Health Publishing: Omega-3 fatty acids and the heart: New evidence, more questions ASCO Post: Omega-3 Fatty Acids | Alschuler & Gazella Block Chang Lemole, Mehta & McKee MacDonald McKinney Parmar & Kazcor Traditional medicine |
| Propranolol and Other Beta-Blockers | BCCT: Propranolol and Other Beta-Blockers University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: Betting on Beta Blockers | Lemole, Mehta & McKee |
Planned reviews
Next in line
| Therapy | Other sites to check | Expert use › |
|---|---|---|
| Artemisinin and Artesunate | BCCT: Artemisinin and Artesunate Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center About Herbs: Artemisia annua CAM Cancer: Artemisia | Alschuler & Gazella Chang MacDonald McKinney Parmar & Kazcor Traditional medicine |
| Ashwagandha | BCCT: Ashwagandha Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center About Herbs: Ashwagandha | Alschuler & Gazella Block MacDonald McKinney Traditional medicine |
| Cimetidine | BCCT: Cimetidine Web MD: Cimetidine | Block Chang |
| Coenzyme Q10 | BCCT: Coenzyme Q10 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center About Herbs: Coenzyme Q10 CAM Cancer: Coenzyme Q10 | Alschuler & Gazella Block MacDonald McKinney |
| Fasting | BCCT: Intermittent Fasting Johns Hopkins Medicine: Intermittent Fasting: What is it, and how does it work? | Alschuler & Gazella Block Lemole, Mehta & McKee |
| Gerson Diet | BCCT: Alternative and Popular Cancer Diets (Gerson Diet section) Lerner M. The Gerson Diet—A Radical Anticancer Therapy, in Choices In Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer National Cancer Institute: Gerson Therapy (PDQ®)—Health Professional Version Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Gerson Regimen | |
| Hyperthermia | BCCT: Hyperthermia American Cancer Society: Hyperthermia to Treat Cancer ASCO Post: Using Hyperthermia for Cancer Treatment: Proofs, Promises, and Uncertainties Texas Oncology: Hyperthermia Treatment University of Rochester Medical Center: Hyperthermia For Cancer Treatment | McKinney |
| Lycopene | BCCT: Lycopene National Cancer Institute’s PDQ: Prostate Cancer, Nutrition, and Dietary Supplements | Alschuler & Gazella Block Chang Lemole, Mehta & McKee McKinney |
| Maitake Mushroom | BCCT: Maitake Mushroom Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center About Herbs: Maitake CAM Cancer: Maitake (Grifola frondosa) | Alschuler & Gazella Block Lemole, Mehta & McKee MacDonald McKinney Traditional medicine |
| Massage Therapy | BCCT: Massage Therapy CAM Cancer: Massage (Classical/Swedish) National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: Massage Therapy: What You Need to Know Mayo Clinic: Massage: Get in touch with its many benefits. | Alschuler & Gazella Block Traditional medicine |
| Meditation and Mindfulness-based Interventions | BCCT: Mind-Body Approaches, Meditation and Mindfulness-based Clinical Interventions section Mayo Clinic: Meditation: A simple, fast way to reduce stress Insight Timer: Guided Meditations free app for meditations Greater Good in Action: Walking Meditation | Alschuler & Gazella Block Cohen & Jefferies Lemole, Mehta & McKee McKinney Ornish Traditional medicine |
| Music and Arts Therapies | BCCT: Mind-Body Approaches, Expressive Arts Therapy, including Music Therapy section | |
| Probiotics | BCCT: Probiotics Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center About Herbs: Probiotics Mayo Clinic: Prebiotics, probiotics and your health | Alschuler & Gazella Block Lemole, Mehta & McKee McKinney Traditional medicine |
| Psilocybin | 3 Biotech: Recent developments in mushrooms as anti-cancer therapeutics: a review New Yorker Magazine: The Trip Treatment New York Times: My Adventures with the Trip Doctors and Can magic mushrooms heal us? TED Radio Hour: Rick Doblin: How can we use psychedelic-assisted therapy to treat trauma? Washington Post: Psychedelics may ease cancer patients’ depression, anxiety | |
| Psychosocial Therapies | BCCT: Mind-Body Approaches sections: Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT‐I) Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) Dignity Therapy Psychoeducation, Paced Respiration, and Relaxation (PEPRR) Sleep Training Education Program Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Supportive-Expressive Therapy Laughter therapy Dyadic intervention | Alschuler & Gazella Block Cohen & Jefferies Lemole, Mehta & McKee McKinney Ornish Traditional medicine |
| Quercetin | BCCT: Quercetin Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center About Herbs: Quercetin | Alschuler & Gazella Block Lemole, Mehta & McKee MacDonald McKinney |
| Shiitake Mushroom | BCCT: Shiitake Mushroom Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center About Herbs: Shiitake Mushroom | Alschuler & Gazella Block McKinney Traditional medicine |
| Soy and Genistein | BCCT: Genistein/Soy Evidence-Based Monographs, The Centre for Health Innovation: Health professional version: Soy for Breast Cancer Patient version: Soy for Breast Cancer American Institute for Cancer Research: Soy: Intake Does Not Increase Risk for Breast Cancer Survivors National Cancer Institute: Prostate Cancer, Nutrition, and Dietary Supplements (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version: Soy Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center About Herbs: Soy | Alschuler & Gazella Block Chang MacDonald McKinney Traditional medicine |
| Statins | BCCT: Statins | Block Chang |
| Time in Nature or Forest Bathing | BCCT: Creating a Healing Environment (Nature section) Florence Williams: The Nature Fix: Why nature makes us happier, healthier, and more creative Collaborative on Health and the Environment: Global Environment (last section, Natural Environment) | |
| Timing of Therapies: Chronomodulation and Metronomic Dosing | BCCT: Timing of Therapies: Chronomodulation and Metronomic Dosing Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment: Chronomodulation and When it comes to chemotherapy, timing’s everything Medscape: 5 Things to Know about Chronotherapy | Block McKinney |
| Vitamin C | BCCT: Vitamin C The Centre for Health Innovation: Professional Resource: Intravenous Vitamin C Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center About Herbs: Vitamin C CAM Cancer: Intravenous high-dose vitamin C National Cancer Institute PDQ: High-Dose Vitamin C (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version | Alschuler & Gazella Block Lemole, Mehta & McKee McKinney Traditional medicine |
Planned long-term
Agaricus Blazei
Alkaline Diet
Alpha-Lipoic Acid
Antineoplastons
Aromatherapy
Beta-carotene
Black Cohosh
Boswellia
Breathing Exercises
Calcium D-glucarate
Chaga Mushroom
Consciousness-changing Therapies
Cordyceps Mushroom
Diindolylmethane (Isothiocyanates)
Ginger
Glutamine and L-glutamine
Glutathione
Gonzalez Diet
Grape Seed Extract
Hydrogen Therapy
Hypnotherapy
Inositol Hexaphosphate (IP-6)
Iodine
L-Theanine
Macrobiotic Diet
Magnolia Bark
Milk Thistle
Modified Citrus Pectin
Paleolithic (Paleo) Diet
Pomegranate
POMI-T
Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMF)
Rapamycin (Sirolimus)
Raw Foods Diet
Religious and Spiritual Approaches
Resveratrol
Saw Palmetto
Selenium
Skullcap (Scutellaria)
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) and Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation (TEAS)
Vegan Diet
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
YourVaxx
Zyflamend
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