Below are links to external websites which have been compiled and evaluated by BC Cancer Agency librarians according to our established Inclusion/Removal Policy. For information about complementary/alternative therapies from the BC Cancer Agency website see Unconventional Therapies.

In 2008, BC Cancer Agency and the UBC School of Nursing started a research project - the Complementary Medicine Education and Outcomes (CAMEO) Program. CAMEO aims to evaluate the effect of education and decision support about CAM for people living with cancer as well as for cancer health professionals. Please visit the CAMEO website for further information about this research initiative.

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For Patients/Public

Good places to start

• Cancer Alternative Therapies (MedlinePlus)  
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine (US National Cancer Institute)
• Complementary and Alternative Therapies (American Cancer Society)
• Complementary and Alternative Therapies (Canadian Cancer Society)
• Drugs, Supplements and Herbal Information (MedlinePlus)
• Fake Cancer Cures (US Food and Drug Administration)
• Thinking About Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Guide for People with Cancer (US National Cancer Institute)

Complementary/alternative therapy in British Columbia

• Friends for Life Society (Vancouver)
• InspireHealth (Vancouver)
• Victoria Cancer Resource Centre (Victoria)

More complementary/alternative therapy websites   

• Botanical.com 
• Complementary and Alternative Therapies (Cancer Council for New South Wales)
• Complementary/Integrative Therapies (MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas)
• Cure-ious? Ask (US Federal Trade Commission)         
• Dietary Supplements (US Food and Drug Administration)
• Integrative Medicine (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
• Licensed Natural Health Products Database (Health Canada)            
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (US)
• Natural Health Products (Health Canada)
• Office of Dietary Supplements (US National Institutes of Health)
• Project False Hope (Competition Bureau)              
• QuackWatch        

Books and pamphlets

• Colonic Irrigation: Position Paper by the National Council Against Health Fraud (US)
• What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine? (US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

For Researchers/Clinicians

Complementary/alternative therapy websites

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (US)

Databases

• Computer Access to Research on Dietary Supplements
• Dietary Supplements Labels Database (US National Library of Medicine)
• Licensed Natural Health Products Database (Health Canada)
• PubMed Dietary Supplement Subset

Books and reports

• Annual Bibliographies of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research (US Office of Dietary Supplements)
• Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Health Care: A Collection of Papers Prepared for Health Canada

Reviews

• CamLine 

NOTE: While the BC Cancer Agency Library has selected and evaluated these "Recommended Links", we cannot guarantee the function, accuracy or currency of the websites and the information contained within them. Please read the BC Cancer Agency's Terms of Use for further information.