PLWC : Q&A: Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Cancer
Posted by Kate Murphy on November 21st, 2005
**People Living with Cancer** sponsors an *Ask the Experts* series where patients, caregivers, and friends can submit questions for answers in an online forum
November’s questions are about [complementary and alternative medicine and its role in cancer](http://www.plwc.org/plwc/MainConstructor/1,1744,_12-001079,00.asp). Experts answering questions are Patrick Mansky, MD and Barrie Cassileth, PhD. Dr. Mansky is a medical oncologist and researcher at the [National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine](http://nccam.nih.gov/). [Dr. Cassileth](http://www.mskcc.org/prg/mrg/bios/525.cfm) is Chief of Integrative Services at [Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center](http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/1979.cfm) in New York.
Each week’s emailed questions are [posted and answered](http://www.plwc.org/plwc/MainConstructor/1,1744,_12-001175-00_14-00Transcripts-00_17-001029-00_18-0043025-00_19-0043026-00_20-001-00_21-008,00.asp)
online.
To ask a question email [PLWC](chats@plwc.org) and put *Question for PLWC Chat: CAM and Cancer* in the subject line.
[*People Living with Cancer*](http://www.plwc.org/plwc/Home/1,1743,_12-001029-00_21-008,00.html) is the patient information website of the American Society of Oncology (ASCO).
