Nuremberg

URL: http://agbkt.med5-nbg.de

Contacts: Martin Wilhelm, Markus Horneber

Background

On instigation of the German Cancer Aid the Study group 'Unconventional and Complementary Methods in Oncology' was established in 1989 under direction of Walter M. Gallmeier in order to investigate and assess unconventional and complementary diagnostic and therapeutic methods according to their clinical relevance for the care of cancer patients.

The group is integrated within a departement of internal medicine and a comprehensive cancer center of a large community hospital in Nuremberg / Germany (http://www.med5-nbg.de)

The research activities of the group comprise: - best case series - clinical research and - systematic reviewing.

Regarding the growing need for reliable information concerning CAM of both the lay public and health professionals the study group established several services:

  • A counseling service for patients and their relatives
  • support groups according to current concepts of psychooncology
  • information service for therapists, health care providers etc.

Our group has built up the competence to deal with the complexity of this field, which ranges from research focusing on efficacy and effectiveness of single methods to patient-centered information, counseling and guidance concerning the decision to utilize CAM.