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When it comes to alternative therapies for cancer, the internet is a "mixed bag" filled with exaggerated claims, unreliable anecdotes, and some very credible reports. For the patient who has little time and who needs credible information immediately, to sort through it all is a large task.

There is one resource that might arguably be better than many others. Medline is the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the pre-clinical sciences. Medline contains over 12 million citations and abstracts (summaries of research articles) from more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the US and seventy other countries. Medline is accessible on the internet via PubMed which was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Through Medline one can see what has been published about alternative cancer therapies by scientists and researchers. For anyone trying to make an informed treatment decision, these studies are worth browsing.

For example, certain herbs have been used throughout history for the treatment of various cancers. Because natural substances are difficult to patent, drug companies will not invest money to research and develop these substances. Nevertheless a handful of studies can be found for almost any herb, vitamin or other substance. Although these studies are obviously not the final word they do provide clues about the potential efficacy of these agents in cancer. Whilst most of the studies are pre-clinical (in test-tubes, animal models) some are clinical (in patients). Faced with the hyperbole on the internet and the scepticism of most orthodox doctors these studies can also be used to hold objective discussions with doctors.

There are three steps to accessing this information:

  1. Go to the MedLine website
  2. Run a search by placing terms like the name of the herb or vitamin and cancer. For example, "red clover and breast cancer" or "vitamin c and prostate cancer" or "carrots and lung cancer." If nothing appears, try using the Latin name.
  3. Understand what is being read. While it is advantageous to read the entire article, abstracts of the article are a good place to begin. While there are many considerations in assessing an articles reliability (ie journal, authors, conflicts of interest, size of study, etc) for the purpose of getting started, you can begin by focusing on three key pieces of information:

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