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In 2017, one retrospective, observational study suggested that people who chose alternative medicine instead of conventional treatments were more than twice as likely to die within five years of diagnosis. [10] Breast cancer patients choosing alternative medicine were 5.68 times more likely to die within five years of diagnosis. [10]
The Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM) is an office of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis. . OCCAM was founded in 1998 and is responsible for NCI's research agenda in pseudoscientific complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), as it relates to cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and symptom management
Around 11,500 Americans are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in 2022, over 4,000 people died from the disease ...
Complementary medicine usually refers to methods and substances used along with conventional medicine, while alternative medicine refers to compounds used instead of conventional medicine. [42] CAM use is common among people with cancer. [43] Most complementary and alternative medicines for cancer have not been rigorously studied or tested.
These alternative cancer cures have often been described as 'unproven,' suggesting that appropriate clinical trials have not been conducted and that the therapeutic value of the treatment is unknown." However, "many alternative cancer treatments have been investigated in good-quality clinical trials, and they have been shown to be ineffective....
Hoxsey Therapy or Hoxsey Method is an alternative medical treatment promoted as a cure for cancer.The treatment consists of a caustic herbal paste for external cancers or a herbal mixture for "internal" cancers, combined with laxatives, douches, vitamin supplements, and dietary changes.
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Anti-cancer psychotherapy – a technique [131] claiming that a "cancer personality" caused cancer, which could be cured through talk therapy (e.g. that of the Simonton Cancer Center, [132] Bernie Siegel's "Exceptional Cancer Patients" (ECaP) or Deepak Chopra). Evidence is lacking that cancer cures sold or promoted by Deepak Chopra have any value.