Wheatgrass in Afifi's garden: Sprouting integrative oncology collaborations in the Middle East

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 944-946

  Ben Arye, Eran ^a   Schiff, Elad ^a   Steiner, Mariana ^a   Silbermann, Michael ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERATONIA SILIQUA EXTRACT; CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GINGER EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERATONIA SILIQUA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAURUS; LAURUS NOBILIS; LEGUME; MIDDLE EAST; MOUTH PAIN; NAUSEA; OMENTECTOMY; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALVIA; SALVIA FRUTICOSA; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGROPYRON; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952294169     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2010.33.4532     Document Type: Review

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