1. NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. On March 1, 1999, the director of the National Institutes of Health established a cancer advisory panel for the NCCAM at the National Institutes of Health which investigates alternative medical treatments, helps integrate effective treatment into mainstream medical practice and offers information packages. NCCAM Clearinghouse, PO Box 8218, Silver Spring, MD, 20907-8218, (888) 644-6226, fax (301) 495-4957, nccam.nih.gov.
    
2. THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY has statements providing details on each of the treatment methods included in ACS' brochure, Questionable Methods of Cancer Management (1993, 3023). Available at Local Division offices, call (800) ACS-2345 or at www.cancer.org.

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