Complementary and alternative medicine in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-52

  Hensel, Manfred ^a,b   Zoz, Martin ^a   Ho, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Mannheimer Onkologie Praxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; CLL; Complementary

Indexed keywords

HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VISCUM ALBUM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; MISTLETOE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMINS;

EID: 57849149971     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0452-y     Document Type: Article

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