Clinical, demographic and psychosocial correlates of complementary and alternative medicine use by men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 166-169

  Diefenbach, Michael A ^a   Hamrick, Natalie ^a   Uzzo, Robert ^a   Pollack, Alan ^a   Horwitz, Eric ^a   Greenberg, Richard ^a   Engstrom, Paul F ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Prostatic neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; COMFREY EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SABAL EXTRACT; SELENIUM; VITAMIN D;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YOGA;

EID: 0038002767     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000070963.12496.cc     Document Type: Article

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