Prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use in cancer patients during treatment

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 806-811

  Yates, Jennifer S ^a   Mustian, Karen M ^a   Morrow, Gary R ^a   Gillies, Leslie J ^a   Padmanaban, Devi ^a   Atkins, James N ^b   Issell, Brian ^c   Kirshner, Jeffrey J ^d   Colman, Lauren K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Southeast Cancer Control Consortium   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Syracuse Hematology Oncology CCOP   (United States)

^e Northwest CCOP   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral medicine; Complementary medicine; Quality of life; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; DIET; DIET THERAPY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26244448124     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-004-0770-7     Document Type: Article

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