Vitamin pills and cancer patients

A study has claimed that “cancer patients who use vitamin and mineral supplements could risk them interfering with treatment or even making the disease worse”, the Daily Mail reported today. The newspaper says there is a lack of evidence about the usefulness of supplements and that people with cancer are unaware of side effects.
The story is based on a study that reviewed research on supplement use in cancer patients. It reportedly found that between two-thirds and three-quarters of cancer patients take some form of vitamin supplement, compared to about 50% of the general population.

read more at http://www.library.nhs.uk/cancer/viewResource.aspx?resID=280035&code=a3e089f4fe62f57d154645ec959583a2

Complementary Therapies

New guide to complementary therapies

Breast cancer patients interested in finding out how complementary therapies could help them alongside their conventional treatment could benefit from a new book launched by Breast Cancer Care.

find out more at http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/content.php?page_id=11407