interest are found at the end of this article.

Oncology advanced prac-titioners (APs) are advo-cates for and witnesses to the increasing interest in self-regulation of health care by pa-tients. Data from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey (a cross-sec-tional household interview) suggest that one way in which patients with cancer attempt to manage their health is through the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The use of CAM is estimated to be as high as 64 % in the cancer pop-ulation, and predictors of CAM use include female gender, stage of dis-ease, age, education, income, race, and geographic location (Anderso