Association of complementary methods with quality of life and life satisfaction in patients with gynecologic and breast malignancies

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1277-1284

  Fasching, P A ^a   Thiel, F ^a   Nicolaisen Murmann, K ^a   Rauh, C ^a   Engel, J ^a   Lux, M P ^a   Beckmann, M W ^a   Bani, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Breast cancer; Complementary medicine; Gynecologic cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENZYME THERAPY; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VISCUM ALBUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 35348902144     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0231-1     Document Type: Article

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