The prevalence of complementary/alternative medicine in cancer: A systematic review

Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 777-782

  Ernst, Edzard ^a   Cassileth, Barrie R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Adjunctive therapy; Alternative medicine; Cancer; Complementary therapies; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031841916     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980815)83:4<777::AID-CNCR22>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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