Chat about alternative medicine for cancer patients

It's estimated that eight out of 10 cancer patients use some type of alternative medicine along with conventional treatments.

A live online chat about current research on alternative medicine for cancer patients will be Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 11 a.m. Pacific.

The featured expert is Dr. Stephen Straus, director of the federally funded National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

To participate, go to People Living With Cancer, the patient information site of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.