Use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with urologic cancer: A prospective study at a single Japanese institution

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 685-690

  Yoshimura, Koji ^a   Ueda, Nobufumi ^b   Ichioka, Kentaro ^b   Matsui, Yoshiyuki ^a   Terai, Akito ^b   Arai, Yoichi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Epidemiology; General health related quality of life; Health survey; Urologic cancer

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BLAZEI EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGARICUS BLAZEI; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PLANT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 26444612182     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0842-3     Document Type: Article

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