'Alternative medicine' and the cancer patient: An overview

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-26

  Metz, James M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Biofeedback; Guided imagery; Macrobiotic diet; Neoplasm; Shark cartilage

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; HYDRAZINE SULFATE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CACHEXIA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CARTILAGE; HUMAN; MACROBIOTIC DIET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHARK;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033979422     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(200001)34:1<20::AID-MPO4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Review

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