Socio-demographic and medical characteristics of advanced cancer patients using conventional or complementary medicine

Onkologie

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-170

  Pampallona, S ^a   Von Rohr, E ^b   Van Wegberg, B ^b   Bernhard, J ^c   Helwig, S ^d   Heusser, P ^b   Huerny, C ^e   Schaad, R ^b   Cerny, T ^f  

^a ForMed   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SIAK Coordinating Center   (Switzerland)

^d Lukas Klinik   (Switzerland)

^e Bürgerspital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^f CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Complementary medicine; Patient characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METASTASIS; ONCOLOGY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERFORMANCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTRATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOSOPHY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036255103     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055227     Document Type: Article

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