Use of complimentary and alternative medicine by breast cancer patients: Prevalence, patterns and communication with physicians

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 542-548

  Ashikaga, Taka ^a   Bosompra, Kwadwo ^b   O'Brien, Patricia ^c   Nelson, Lee ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fletcher Allen Health Care ^*  (Canada)

^c FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer treatment; Complementary and alternative medicine; Lymphedema; Pain; Patient physician communication

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; TAMOXIFEN; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDITATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VERMONT;

EID: 0036933564     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-002-0356-1     Document Type: Article

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