Complementary and Integrative Approaches to Cancer: A Pilot Survey of Attitudes and Habits among Cancer Patients in Italy

Table 2

Rate of use of TCIM methods.

Natural products (BP)n=228	%	n	Mind and body practices (MBP) n=194	%	n
Salts, microelements, and micronutrients	40.8	93	Massages and manual healing	63.4	121
Vitamins	36.0	82	Psychic and spiritual therapies (meditation, music and art therapy, mindfulness, etc.	33.5	64
Curcumin and turmeric-based products	35.1	80	Yoga	23.6	45
Aloe extracts	13.6	31	Acupuncture	20.4	39
Mushrooms (Reiki, cordyceps, Turkey tail, Lion’s mane, etc.)	12.7	29	Osteopathy	15.2	29
Homeopathic products	9.6	22	Reiki	14.1	27
Probiotics and milk enzymes	8.8	20	Qi Gong/Tai Chi	12.6	24
Polydatin	8.8	20	Light sport practices	6.8	13
Indole-3-carbinol	7.0	16	Physiotherapy	2.1	4
Sulforaphane	7.0	16
Melatonin	6.6	15
Omega3	4.4	10
Artemisinin and artemisinin extracts	3.5	8
Milk thistle	3.1	7
Fermented papaya	3.1	7
Boswellia serrata	2.6	6
Astragalus	2.6	6
More than one BP	80.7	184
Mixtures	17.5	40	More than one MBP	41.9	80
Others or no answer	0.9	2	Others or no answer	1.6	3

% of patients taking BP (left column) or MBP (right column) as listed by patients in the questionnaire.