Table 6.
CAM therapies identified through the manual coding, and number of posts identified for each therapy group in the sampled posts.
| Code | Examples | # |
|---|---|---|
| CAM | General CAM v.s. conventional discussions; Effectiveness and use of CAM v.s. chemotherapy |
135 |
| General | CAM v.s. conventional discussions; Effectiveness and use of CAM v.s. chemotherapy |
135 |
| Gerson therapy | Effectiveness and scientific validity of Gerson therapy | 44 |
| Diet | Effectiveness and/or practice of diets for cure, prevention, and management of breast cancer therapy (gluten free, low carb, hormone free meal, vegan, Ayurvedic, etc.) | 42 |
| Supplements | Any supplement whose purpose is not to control estrogen | 33 |
| Laetrile | Laetrile or food/supplement that contains laetrile | 27 |
| Estrogen control | Therapies/supplements to control estrogen, including DIM, soy, natural replacements for tamoxifen, bioidentical hormones, etc. | 24 |
| TCM | Use and effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine for cancer management | 12 |
| Med marijuana | Use of medical marijuana for cancer management | 5 |
| Issels | Issels treatment | 2 |
| Colonics | Colonics treatments | 1 |