Table 1.

Pediatric Best Case Series: step I.

Age at diagnosis; gender	Diagnosis	CAM treatment details	Overall outcome
12 years; F	High grade osteosarcoma of right distal femur	TCM acupuncture and Vaccaria seed patch treatments for pain and narcotic wean	Improved quality of life
3 years; M	Burkitt's lymphoma	TCM acupuncture, acupressure, Vaccaria seed patches, and herbal therapy (out-patient) for pain, anxiety, poor circulation, and feeding issues	Improved quality of life
14 months; F	Acute lymphoblast leukemia	TCM acupressure, massage, and Vaccaria seed patches for improving pain, appetite, insomnia	Improved quality of life
5 years; M	Neuroblastoma	TCM acupuncture, Vaccaria seed patches, moxibustion, and herbal therapy for pain, anxiety, appetite, fatigue, insomnia, and neurological deficits	Improved quality of life
4 years; M	Neurofibromatosis type 2	TCM acupuncture, acupressure, Vaccaria seed patches, and herbal therapy for severe, incapacitating headache, nausea, vomiting, and pain	Improved quality of life
11 years; M	Acute lymphoblast leukemia with lymphoma	TCM acupuncture, acupressure, Vaccaria patches, and massage to assist successful wean off ventilator, sedation, assist in rehabilitation, anxiety, fatigue, and weakness, poor appetite	Improved quality of life
15 years; F	Acute myeloid leukemia	TCM acupuncture, acupressure, seed patch, and massage for pain, anxiety, neuropathic pain, shortness of breath, tolerance, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, insomnia, and depression	Improved quality of life
15 years; M	Metastatic fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma	Multiple nonconventional treatments including coffee enemas and enzyme therapies	Temporary remission (6 months)
NR; NR	Brain tumor	Larch arabinogalactan for tolerance to narcotics	Did not have the expected cytopenias