Alternative and complementary cancer treatments

Oncologist

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-179

  Cassileth, Barrie R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative cancer therapies; Alternative medicine; Complementary cancer therapies; Quality of life; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001194293     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.1-3-173     Document Type: Article

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