Patients' opinions, feelings, and attitudes after a campaign to promote the Di Bella therapy

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9161, 1999, Pages 1310-1314

  Passalacqua, Rodolfo ^a,j   Campione, Francesco ^b   Caminiti, Caterina ^c   Salvagni, Stefania ^d   Barilli, Alessandro ^e   Bella, Mariangela ^f   Barni, Sandro ^g   Barsanti, Gemma ^h   Caffo, Orazio ⁱ   Carlini, Paolo ^j   Cinquemani, Giuseppa ^k   Costanzo, Francesco Di ^l   Giustini, Lucio ^m   Labianca, Roberto ⁿ   Mazzei, Antonio ^o   Olmeo, Nina ^p   Paccagnella, Adriano ^a   Toscano, Lucia ^b   Cocconi, Giorgio ^c  

^a Medical Oncology Division   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^h NCI   (United States)

ⁱ S MARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j Murri Hospital   (Italy)

^k OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^l Medical Oncology Divisions of NCI   (Italy)

^m USLL   (Italy)

ⁿ Azienda USL 12   (Italy)

^o S Luigi Hospital   (Italy)

^p Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; MELATONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

EID: 0033577485     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)10253-2     Document Type: Article

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