More than one in ten cancer patients receiving chemotherapy are being told not to have it by advocates of alternative therapies, a Queensland study has found. Anti-chemotherapy advice was given to ten of 75 patients with solid tumours starting curative-intent chemotherapy by complementary medicine practitioners, family and friends who instead recommended the use of complementary ...
Cancer care
Cancer patients persuaded against chemo in favour of alternatives
By Tessa Hoffman
21 Nov 2018