Use of complementary and alternative medicine among patients with cancer receiving outpatient chemotherapy in Taiwan

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-416

  Yang, Che ^a   Chien, Li Yin ^b   Tai, Chen Jei ^c,d  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GRAPE SEED EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GINSENG; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; THYMUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 43749096567     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.7181     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Eisenberg DM, Davis RB, Ettner SL, et al. Trends in alternative medicine use in the United States, 1990-1997: Results of a follow-up national survey. JAMA 1998;280:1569-1575.
2. Ernst E, Cassileth BR. The prevalence of complementary/alternative medicine in cancer: A systematic review. Cancer 1998;83:777-782.
3. Hyodo I, Amano N, Eguchi K, et al. Nationwide survey on complementary and alternative medicine in cancer patients in Japan. J Clin Oncol 2005;23:2645-2654.
4. Lafferty WE, Bellas A, Baden AC, et al. The use of complementary and alternative medical providers by insured cancer patients in Washington State. Cancer 2004;100:1522-1530.
5. Cui Y, Shu XO, Gao Y, et al. Use of complementary and alternative medicine by Chinese women with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2004;241:1-8.
6. Sparber A, Bauer L, Curt G, et al. Use of complementary medicine by adult patients participating in cancer clinical trials. Oncol Nurs Forum 2000;27:623-630.
7. Molassiotis A, Fernadez-Ortega P, Pud D, et al. Use of complementary and alternative medicine in cancer patients: A European survey. Ann Oncol 2005;16:655-663.
8. Ernst E. Prevalence of use of complementary/alternative medicine: A systematic review. Bull WHO 2000;78:252-257.
9. Mikhail N, Wali S, Ziment I. Use of alternative medicine among Hispanics. J Altern Complement Med 2004;10:851-859.
10. Sparreboom A, Cox MC, Acharya MR, et al. Herbal remedies in the United States: Potential adverse interactions with anticancer agents. J Clin Oncol 2004;22:2489-2503.
11. Miller LG. Herbal medicinals: Selected clinical considerations focusing on known or potential drug-herb interactions. Arch Intern Med 1998;158:2192-2199.
12. Harris P, Finlay LG, Cook A, et al. Complementary and alternative medicine use by patients with cancer in Wales: A cross-sectional survey. Complement Ther Med 2003;2:249-253.