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Alternative medicine; Cancer information: good and bad found on the internet.(Gynecology)

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| August 01, 2004 | Wachter, Kerri | COPYRIGHT 2004 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Many Web sites offering information about complementary and alternative medicine treatments for cancer offer some worthwhile information, but others are downright dangerous.

That's what two British researchers concluded after evaluating 32 of the most popular English language Web sites offering information about complementary or alternative medicine for the treatment of cancer from December 2002 to January 2003 (Ann. Oncol. 15[5]:733-42, 2004).

"The majority of the evaluated Web sites provide valuable and reliable information. ... Most of the Web sites were of medium quality and provided additional links to other main cancer Web sites," said Dr. K. Schmidt and Dr. E. Ernst, Universities of Exeter ...

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