Lung cancer patients taking shark cartilage fared no better than patients not taking the extract, scientists report in the June 16 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Shark cartilage is frequently recommended as a cancer treatment by complementary or alternative medicine practitioners, and surveys suggest that between six and 25 percent of cancer patients do take it.
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