We know that alternative medicine use is associated with poorer survival in cancer, but what about the use of so-called “complementary medicine,” “complementary and alternative medicine,” or “integrative medicine”? Bad news. There’s still a negative correlation between the use of pseudoscientific and unproven medicine and cancer survival, even when used with conventional cancer therapy rather than instead of it.
![Complementary medicine vs. chemotherapy](https://i0.wp.com/www.respectfulinsolence.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Chemotherapy10.jpg?fit=1200%2C820&ssl=1)