It isn't just coming  .  .  . 
                           Change is upon us! 

         Undesputable and growing in numbers, the one undeniable statistic that exists (even if no one is keeping track and we don't hear the numbers)  is the one created by those who've chosen to come at cancer with alternative treatments--and have either won--or are now winning!   
 
        The statistics might not be talking, but the "cancer-free" ARE!   And they can scan this CAT all they want and as often as they want--it's out and it's never going back in the bag!


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BMC (Biomed Central) Women's Health  
(ISSN: 1472-6874)

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BMC Women's Health publishes original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of gynaecological, fertility, and breast disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology. All research articles in BMC Women's Health, and other BioMed Central journals, are made available under an open access license, allowing free access, redistribution and reuse

From BMC Women's Health

Trends in Complementary/Alternative Medicine
Use by Breast Cancer Survivors:
Comparing Survey Data from 1998 and 2005

Posted 08/01/2007

Heather S Boon; Folashade Olatunde; Suzanna M Zick
Author Information

Abstract and Background
Abstract

Background:

Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by women with breast cancer is often said to be increasing, yet few data exist to confirm this commonly held belief.

The purpose of this paper is to compare overall patterns of CAM use, as well as use of specific products and therapies at two different points in time (1998 vs 2005) by women diagnosed with breast cancer.
Methods: Surveys were mailed to women randomly selected from the Ontario Cancer Registry (Canada) in the spring of 1998 (n = 557) and again in the spring of 2005(n = 877).

Results:

The response rates were 76.3% in 1998 and 63% in 2005. In 1998, 66.7% of women reported using either a CAM product/therapy or seeing a CAM therapist at some time in their lives as compared with 81.9% in 2005 (p = 0.0002). Increases were seen in both use of CAM products/therapies (62% in 1998 vs. 70.6% in 2005) and visits to CAM practitioners (39.4% of respondents in 1998 vs 57.4% of respondents in 2005). Women in 2005 reported that 41% used CAM for treating their breast cancer. The most commonly used products and practitioners for treating breast cancer as reported in 2005 were green tea, vitamin E, flaxseed, vitamin C, massage therapists and dietitians/nutritionists.

Conclusion:

CAM use (both self-medication with products and visits to CAM practitioners) increased significantly from 1998 to 2005. Now that more than 80% of all women with breast cancer report using CAM (41% in a specific attempt to management their breast cancer), CAM use can no longer be regarded as an "alternative" or unusual approach to managing breast cancer.

(I rest my case)

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