Up to 80 percent of American cancer patients supplement their conventional treatments with complementary and integrative medicines. Physician-anthropologist Dr. Micozzi (Center for Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson U. Hospital, Philadelphia; formerly, National Cancer Institute) makes the case that we should study cancer in antiquity to understand its role in human evolution in addition to its cellular and biologic phenomena. He also treats the role of early nutrition in breast cancer etiology. Contributors to 20 chapters review medical practice, research, and regulatory aspects of alternative medical systems and specific alternative therapies in treating and preventing cancer, including controversial ones (e.g., antineoplastons). A patient's perspective concludes the volume. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)