Unconventional Cancer Therapies

3^rd Edition and 4^th Edition

4^th Edition edited by Saira Mithani, PharmD, and Beth Morrison, MLS.

We are currently in transition between the 3rd edition (2000), and the 4th edition (2007). Each monograph will clearly reflect its edition number and year of revision and/or publication.

Scope

This manual is designed to provide objective information for patients and their families, relating to alternative and complementary therapies. Most of the information consists of direct quotations from the medical, peer-reviewed book and journal literature. Also included under each therapy is a "Summary" statement, which tends to best summarize the opinion given in the evidence-based literature. Additional sections within each monograph provide information about the "Description" of the therapy, "History", "Proponent/ Advocate Claims" of benefit, "Professional Evaluation/ Critique", "Toxicity/ Risks", "Costs" and "References".

This manual includes only forty-six of the many hundreds of unconventional cancer therapies available. Our intent is to include the therapies that are most frequently asked about at the BC Cancer Agency Library/ Cancer Information Centre.

Readability

The format of this manual offers quotations from both proponent claims of benefit, as well as evaluative information quoted directly from the peer-reviewed medical literature. It is hoped cancer patients will consult their oncologist and family physician for interpretation and support.

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the staff of the BC Cancer Agency for their critical evaluation and advice in reviewing the content of this manual. In particular, we would like to recongnize the advice of our BC Cancer Agency Nutritionists and members of the BC Cancer Agency Alternative & Complementary Medicine Group for their content and final editing suggestions.

Publication Data

Unconventional Therapies Manual (Alternative Therapies)
3rd edition
Vancouver 2000
OUT of PRINT - this manual is currently out of print.  Please use the online version.

First Edition, 1987
Second Edition, 1996
Third Edition, 2000
Fourth Edition, 2005+

Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data

Main entry under title:
Unconventional cancer therapies

First ed. has title: Unproven methods of cancer treatment.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-896624-05-7 (3rd ed.)

1. Cancer--Alternative Treatment--Popular works. I. BC Cancer Agency. Library / Cancer Information Centre. II. Title: Unproven methods of cancer treatment.
RC271.A62U53 2000  616.99'406 C00-910217-5