A spiritual approach in the treatment of cancer: Relation between faith score and response to chemotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients

In Vivo

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 577-582

  Lissoni, Paolo ^a   Messina, G ^a   Parolini, D ^a   Balestra, A ^a   Brivio, F ^a   Fumagalli, L ^a   Vigore, L ^a   Rovelli, F ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer chemotherapy; Faith; Immunity; Lung cancer; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; GEMCITABINE;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; SPIRITUAL HEALING; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

EID: 53849145723     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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