Author Interviews, Cancer Research, JAMA, UT Southwestern / 11.04.2019
How Many Cancer Patients Use Complementary or Alternative Medicine Treatments?
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
[caption id="attachment_48478" align="alignleft" width="191"] Dr. Niu Sanford[/caption]
Nina Niu Sanford, M.D.
Assistant Professor
UT Southwestern Department of Radiation Oncology
Dallas TX 75390
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: There has been increasing interest in use of complementary and alternative medicine in the oncology population – both in terms of its potential efficacy and harms.
The main finding of this study is that approximately 1/3 of cancer patients and survivors self-reported using complementary or alternative medicine over the past year, the most common being herbal supplements.
Of these patients, approximately 1/3 did not disclose to their physicians that they were doing so.
Dr. Niu Sanford[/caption]
Nina Niu Sanford, M.D.
Assistant Professor
UT Southwestern Department of Radiation Oncology
Dallas TX 75390
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: There has been increasing interest in use of complementary and alternative medicine in the oncology population – both in terms of its potential efficacy and harms.
The main finding of this study is that approximately 1/3 of cancer patients and survivors self-reported using complementary or alternative medicine over the past year, the most common being herbal supplements.
Of these patients, approximately 1/3 did not disclose to their physicians that they were doing so.