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Thinking about Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Posted:
06/08/2005
Many Choices
Reasons People with Cancer Choose CAM
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Reasons People with Cancer Choose CAM
People with cancer may use CAM to:
Help cope with the side effects of cancer treatments, such as nausea, pain, and fatigue;
Comfort themselves and ease the worries of cancer treatment and related stress;
Feel that they are doing something more to help with their own care;
Try to treat or cure their cancer.
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