Use of Self-Care and Practitioner-Based Forms of Complementary and Alternative Medicine before and after a Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

Table 1

List of individual modalities within each category of self-care and practitioner-based CAM, reported in the LIBCSP follow-up interview (2002–2004).

Category	Individual modalities
Multivitamins	Multivitamin with minerals, Multivitamin without minerals, antioxidant combination type (A, C, E), stress-tabs, women's formula (MV), multivitamin with Herbs, other multi-vitamin
Single vitamins	Vitamin A with beta carotene, vitamin A without beta carotene, beta carotene (alone), vitamin B1/thiamin, vitamin B3/niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, B complex vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin D and calcium, vitamin D, vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), magnesium, calcium, rolaids, tums, dolomite, folic acid/folate, selenium, iron, zinc, lutein, chromium
Botanicals	Aloe vera, Ashwagandha, Atractylodes, Astragalus root, Bee pollen, Bilberry, Black cohosh, clue cohosh, blue-green algae, borage seed oil, bromelain, Burdock, Calendula, Cascara sagrada, cat’s claw, chamomile, chaste tree, Vitex, or chaste berry, cranberry, Dandelion, dong quai, Echinacea, elder, ephedra, essiac or florEssence, evening primrose oil, Fennel, feverfew, garlic, ginger, Ginkgo biloba, ginseng, goldenseal, grape seed oil, green tea, hawthorne, horse chestnut, kava kava, kelp, lavender, maitake mushroom, milk thistle, Nettle, pau d’arco, proanthocyanidin, pycnogenol, red clover, reishi mushroom, shiitake mushroom, slippery elm, soy supplements or isoflavones, St. John’s Wort, valerian, wild yam, willow bark
Other dietary supplements Products	Fiber supplement, coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), shark cartilage, melatonin, flax seed oil, fish oil/EPA/Omega-3/cod liver oil, glucosamine, chondroitin, DHEA, acidophilus, arginine, leucine
Mind-body	Meditation, visualization/imagery, tai chi, qi gong, yoga, dance therapy, art therapy, music therapy, poetry therapy or journaling, biofeedback
Special diets	Vegan diet, vegetarian diet, no red meat, organic fruits and vegetables, macrobiotic diet, low-fat diet, high-fiber diet, changed your consumption of soy products, diet or program designed to lose weight
Practitioner-based	Massage, water treatment or hydrotherapy, reiki, healing touch, or other energy therapy, bioeletromagnetic therapy, acupuncture, ayurvedic medicine, Chinese medicine, chiropractic therapy, herbalist, homeopathy, native american Medicine, naturopathic physician, nutritionist or dietician, tibetan, other CAM practitioner, hypnosis, psychotherapy