The AnnieAppleseed Project

The AnnieAppleseed Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, provides information, education, advocacy, and awareness for people with cancer and their family and friends who are interested in complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) and natural therapies from a patient's perspective.

Visitors to the AnnieAppleseed web site will find thousands of pages of information on combining herbs, dietary supplements, exercise, detoxification, mind-body-spirit relaxation techniques, and much more, with their conventional treatments. In addition, there are patient reports of personal experiences that can help guide others in making their own difficult decisions.

Ann Fonfa sees herself as an advocate for cancer patients. She attends many professional cancer meetings throughout the country, where she introduces controversial topics that oncologists might otherwise not hear. It is crucial that oncologists, and others in the field of cancer treatment and research, hear the patient's perspective on using complementary therapies.

Since her own cancer diagnosis in 1993, Ann has testified before Congress and at Food & Drug Administration hearings, and has spoken at various National Cancer Institute and research meetings. She constantly calls for randomized clinical studies to be conducted on alternative and complementary treatments that are of strong interest to patients.

Ann believes that it is important for cancer patients and their healthcare practitioners to be on the same page, and that making an informed decision is better for everyone. She feels strongly that this can only happen when enough information is made available to both. The Annieappleseed Project provides the best of existing information in a user-friendly format.

http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/