Jean A. Ridgeway, DNP, APN, NP-C, AOCN

The use of alternative, complementary, and integrative treatments among cancer patients is high: In a 2011 study, 65 percent of Americans who had been diagnosed with cancer reported using complementary or alternative approaches – compared with 52.5 percent of people without a cancer diagnosis.1 What falls under the umbrella of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)? [...]