Evaluating complementary and alternative therapies for cancer patients

@article{Cassileth1999EvaluatingCA,
  title={Evaluating complementary and alternative therapies for cancer patients},
  author={Barrie R. Cassileth},
  journal={CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians},
  year={1999},
  volume={49},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:7889638}
}
“Complementary and alternative” therapies are actually a vast collection of disparate, unrelated regimens and products, ranging from adjunctive modalities that effectively enhance quality of life and…
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