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By Mayo Clinic Staff

Many people with cancer are interested in trying anything that may help them, including alternative cancer treatments. But many alternative cancer treatments are not proven, and some may even be dangerous.

Alternative medicine is a term that's commonly used to describe methods that healthcare professionals don't usually offer. As researchers study these treatments, and the evidence for these alternative methods grows, healthcare professionals are including them in treatment plans along with standard treatments. It's an approach that health professionals sometimes call integrative medicine.

Here are some safe and potentially effective integrative cancer treatments that may help you or a loved one live better when you have cancer.