Alternative medicine in the contemporary clinical oncology

Gastroenterologia Polska

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 277-279

  Marlicz, Krzysztof ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Clinical oncology; Evidence based medicine; Natural medicine; Scientific evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; DIET THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDITATION; ONCOLOGY; REVIEW; TACTILE STIMULATION; TERMINAL DISEASE; TOUCH; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0142153051     PISSN: 12329886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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