Cancer patients want alternatives to traditional care. But most mainstream physicians are reluctant to treat them with unproven therapies. This partly explains why nearly 1,400 patients, doctors, researchers and a bewildering range of alternative practitioners gathered earlier this month in Arlington for the third annual Comprehensive Cancer Care Conference. Among them was Thomas Andrews, 47, a former Democratic congressman from Maine who was diagnosed with spindle cell sarcoma when he was 16 and had a recurrence at age 22. "From my experience, oncologists know a great deal about cancer, but know nothing about you," he said. "We need information about treatment options, even if they are not what the practitioner believes in--we want practitioners to approach us with openness and humility." Remember we are NOT Doctors and have NO medical training. This site is like an Encylopedia - there are many pages, many links on many topics. Support our work with any size DONATION - see left side of any page - for how to donate. You can help raise awareness of CAM.