NCI overview explaining that cancer patients may use CAM to cope with treatment side effects, comfort themselves, or try to treat cancer, and that CAM should be discussed with the care team. Used to frame grounding as supportive rather than curative.
Raw Vegan / Plant-Based Diets
Raw Vegan / Plant-Based Diets is a cancer-related diet or nutrition protocol discussed for nutrition status, metabolic support, inflammation, digestion, immune resilience, treatment tolerance, or alternative cancer-treatment claims. In cancer care, it should be evaluated by evidence level, intended use, safety, interactions, and whether it is being used as conventional treatment, supportive care, an experimental adjunct, or an alternative claim.
Review comparing plant-based and ketogenic dietary approaches in cancer contexts.
Evidence page supporting whole grains, vegetables, fruit, legumes, and pulses as major parts of cancer-preventive dietary patterns.
AICR article on vegetarian/vegan dietary patterns and cancer risk in context of broader dietary quality.