Table 3 Survey participants’ use of traditional and complementary medicine

T&CM use since cancer diagnosis

n = 116

%

 Both T&CM modalities & products

74

63.8

 Only T&CM modalities

28

24.1

 Only T&CM products

5

4.3

 Any T&CM use

107

92.2

 No T&CM use

9

7.8

T&CM modalities commonly used since cancer diagnosis^a

n = 116

%

 Massage or touch therapy

93

76.9

 Mental wellbeing (e.g. meditation, art/music therapy)

61

50.4

 Movement modalities (e.g. yoga, tai chi, massage)

41

33.9

 Naturopathy or nutritional medicine

38

31.4

 Acupuncture or Chinese medicine

17

14.0

 Body Alignment (e.g. chiropractic, osteopathy, cranio-sacral)

15

12.4

 Indigenous Australian healing practices

1

0.8

 Other

2

1.7

Timing of T&CM use^a

n = 96

%

 Before commencing cancer treatment

14

14.6

 During cancer treatment

44

45.8

 Following cancer treatment

75

78.1