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www.cancer.ucla.edu
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center website provides listings of all clinical trials currently open to patients with cancer; also offers information on community cancer programs, support groups and other resources
www.uclamindbody.org
UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine provides information on mind-body, alternative and complementary medicine in areas apart from cancer medicine)
www.CancerResources.mednet.ucla.edu
Ted Mann Family Resource Center provides information and practical advice for cancer patients at the UCLA Medical Center)
www.cancerresources.mednet.ucla.edu/8_oncology/8_oncology.htm
The goal of the Simms/Mann Integrative Oncology Program is to complement the best cancer treatments that Western medicine has to offer here at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center with programs that seek to maintain or restore health and wellness, improve quality of life and help each person and his or her family members live as fully as possible.
www.cewm.med.ucla.edu
UCLA Center for East-West Medicine site provides information about alternative therapies
www.cancer.gov
National Cancer Institute website
www.cancer.org
American Cancer Society website
www.thewellnesscommunity.org
The Wellness Community offers numerous workshops and programs for patients and families dealing with cancer
www.bcirg.org
Breast Cancer International Research Group site offers information about clinical trials for patients with breast cancer
Nutritional Supplements
*International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS)
This database of over 419,000 references is maintained by the Office of Dietary Supplements at the NIH and the Food and Nutrition Information Center of the National Agricultural Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Herbal Supplements
American Botanical Council
Botanical.com
Herb Research Foundation
National Agricultural Library
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
Complementary Therapies, General
*National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
1-888-644-6226
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP)
Searchable databases of information and resources on natural healing by licensed Naturopathic Doctors with American Association of Naturopathic Physicians.
American College for Advancement in Medicine
23121 Verdugo Drive Suite 204
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Founded in 1973, the American College for Advancement in Medicine is a non-profit medical society dedicated to educating physicians on the latest findings and emerging procedures in complementary/alternative medicine, with special emphasis on preventive/nutritional medicine for various diseases. (A prime interest for this organization is the use of chelation therapy.)
Duke University Medical Center Cancer Patient Education Program
Complementary and Alternative Medicine - A Cancer Patient's Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2nd Edition. Editors: Kerry Harwood, RN, MSN, Director and Christine Pickett, MS, RD, Cancer Center of Santa Barbara.
QuackWatch
Complementary Therapies, Cancer
American Cancer Society
1-800-ACS-2345
*Cancer Information Service of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
*Oncolink: Website of the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
The Canadian Breast Cancer Review Initiative
Reviews completed in 1994 by the Canadian Cancer Society, Health Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the National Cancer Institute of Canada.
Commonweal Cancer Help Program
Supportive programs for health professionals and people with cancer. Programs for patients emphasize informed choices for patients in integrating conventional cancer treatment with complementary treatment. Programs for physicians include CME credit workshops on relationship-centered care to find deeper satisfaction and meaning in the day-to-day practice of medicine.
*Steve Dunn's Cancer Information Page
*Recommended by the Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN) of the National Cancer Institute (revised October, 2000).
Clinical Trials in Complementary Therapies for Cancer
National Cancer Institute (NCI) clinical trials in complementary alternative/integrative therapies are listed at the Website of the NCI's information service, CANCERNET,
(Step 1, choose all trials; step 2, narrow search to Modality, complementary and alternative medicine.)
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