Baum Michael, Ernst Edzard, Lejeune Stéphane, Horneber Markus
Department of Surgery, University College London, The Portland Hospital, Great Portland Street, London W1N 6AH, UK.
Eur J Cancer. 2006 Aug;42(12):1702-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.02.020. Epub 2006 Jun 21.
The aim of the European Society of Mastology (EUSOMA) Workshop, Florence, Italy, December 2004, was to produce guidelines on the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for breast cancer. The widespread use of CAM has to be acknowledged and the reasons for this understood. Deficiencies in the practice of conventional medicine that lead to the adoption of CAM need to be addressed. At the same time, CAM use for breast cancer should be quality controlled, avoiding double standards in evaluation, whilst recognising the problems of CAM research. These guidelines, which appear in an accompanying paper, aim to help oncologists and cancer patients alike.
2004年12月在意大利佛罗伦萨举办的欧洲乳腺病学会（EUSOMA）研讨会的目的是制定关于乳腺癌辅助与替代医学（CAM）使用的指南。必须承认CAM的广泛使用并理解其原因。需要解决传统医学实践中导致采用CAM的不足之处。同时，乳腺癌CAM的使用应进行质量控制，避免评估中的双重标准，同时认识到CAM研究的问题。这些指南发表在一篇随附论文中，旨在帮助肿瘤学家和癌症患者。
