Treatment of pancreatic cancer with Viscum album (Iscador): A retrospective study of 292 patients 1986-1996

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 172-177

  Schaefermeyer, G ^a,b   Schaefermeyer, H ^a  

^a Lukas Clinic   (Switzerland)

^b Society for Cancer Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SWITZERLAND; TUMOR; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0032426486     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2299(98)80024-1     Document Type: Article

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