To address the needs of cancer patients, two things are important: (1) oncology physicians and other health professionals in cancer care should receive training so that they can guide their patients through the maze of available offers in complementary and integrative medicine (CIM), and (2) more CIM providers should possess competencies to provide evidence-informed CIM treatments to cancer patients.
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