Complementary and alternative medicine in early-stage breast cancer

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 121-134

  Tagliaferri, Mary ^a,b   Cohen, Isaac ^a,b   Tripathy, Debu ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b American Acupuncture Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; NATURAL PRODUCT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOYBEAN; TEA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0035114093     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-7754(01)90049-1     Document Type: Article

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