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OTHER RESOURCES

NCI Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine Web link

NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Web link

Complementary/Alternative Medicine on Pubmed Web link

ASCO 1999 Annual Meeting Patient Information on Alternative and Complementary Medicine in Cancer Web link

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