Complementary and alternative medicine in radiotherapy patients - More harm than expected? In regard to D'Amico et al.: Self-administration of untested medical therapy for treatment of prostate cancer can lead to clinically significant adverse events. IJROBP 2002;54:1311-1313 [3] (multiple letters)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1197-1198

  Micke, Oliver ^a   Mücke, Ralph ^b   Schönekaes, Klaus ^c   Büntzel, Jens ^d   D'Amico, Anthony ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Frauenklinik   (Germany)

^c Oncology AKTE   (Germany)

^d Sudharz Hospital   (Germany)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SELF MEDICATION; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0142248763     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00755-7     Document Type: Letter

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