Chemotherapy with complementary mistletoe therapy. What evidence is there really of its efficacy?;Chemotherapie mit komplementärer misteltherapie. Wie evident ist ihre wirksamkeit wirklich?

Internistische Praxis

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 895-904

  Edler, L ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Causality; Efficacy; Epidemiological cohort study; Mistle toe; Propensity score; Retrolective cohort study; Retrospective observational study; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

BIOMETRY; BIOSTATISTICS; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; REVIEW; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0141891815     PISSN: 00209570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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