Herbal use among cancer patients during palliative or curative chemotherapy treatment in Norway

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 763-769

  Engdal, Silje ^a   Steinsbekk, Aslak ^b   Klepp, Olbjørn ^c   Nilsen, Odd Georg ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Alesund Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Curative; Medicinal herbs; Neoplasms; Palliative

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALOE VERA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GARLIC; GINGER; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA; TUMOR; VISCUM ALBUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 49949152080     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0371-3     Document Type: Article

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