2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- A recent study, published in the December 15, 1999, issue of Cancer, reveals that the use of alternative medicine by prostate carcinoma patients to complement conventional therapy is quite widespread.

The current findings confirm results from prior research, buttressed by similar evidence.

A 1991 telephone survey revealed that 34% of Americans use at least 1 type of alternative medicine, and a similar survey in 1997 revealed that the number had jumped to 42%. In 1997, the 629 million visits to alternative medicine providers ...

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