Use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with localized prostate carcinoma: Study at a single institute in Japan

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-30

  Yoshimura, Koji ^a   Ichioka, Kentaro ^a   Terada, Naoki ^a   Terai, Akito ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^b  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Epidemiology; Health survey; Prostate carcinoma; Prostatectomy; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

GOSERELIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEUPRORELIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CARCINOMA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEUPROLIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037296377     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101470300003     Document Type: Article

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