Cancer patients use unconventional medical therapies far more frequently than standard history and physical examination suggest

Cancer Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-154

  Metz, J M ^a   Jones, H ^a   Devine, P ^a   Hahn, S ^a   Glatstein, E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Cancer; Complementary medicine; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035049213     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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