An unconventional cancer treatment lacking clinical efficacy remains available to Italian cancer patients

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Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 830-837

  Merlo, Domenico Franco ^a   Beccaro, Monica ^a   Costantini, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethics; Fraud; Survey; Terminal cancer patients; Unconventional cancer treatment

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; MELATONIN; OCTREOTIDE; RETINOID; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DI BELLA CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61349100762     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400609     Document Type: Article

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