WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., December 7, 2002: After three years spent reviewing more than 400 published studies on alternative treatments for cancer, Wendy A. Weiger and her colleagues at Harvard’s Osher Institute have published their conclusions in the December 3 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. The article says, “Only one form of treatment — so called mind-body therapies, such as relaxation training, yoga, support groups or similar interventions that ease the psychological stress of living with cancer — was found to be beneficial; it was recommended by the authors ‘without reservation’.” Seven other treatments such as moderate exercise, acupuncture for nausea, and soy supplements for prostrate cancer were mentioned but were only reasonably recommended. Nine treatments were found to have adverse affects such as high vitamin supplements and St. John’s wort.
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