Topics in Integrative, Alternative, and Complementary Therapies–Health Professional Version (PDQ®)

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Changes to This Summary (04/21/2016)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

This summary was renamed from Topics in Complementary and Alternative Therapies.

Overview

Added text to state that integrative therapy combines standard care with complementary and alternative medicine practices.

Botanicals/Herbal Products

Added Marijuana as a new subsection.

The St. John's wort subsection was extensively revised.

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