Results from a historical survey of the survival of cancer patients given Di Bella multitherapy

Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2143-2149

  Buiatti, Eva ^a   Arniani, Stefania ^b   Verdecchia, Arduino ^c   Tomatis, Lorenzo ^d  

^a SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ctro di Docum Per la Salute   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative anticancer therapy; Cancer survival; Miracle cancer therapies; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MELATONIN; OCTREOTIDE; RETINOIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033571550     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19991115)86:10<2143::AID-CNCR37>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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