The use of herbal medicines by people with cancer: A cross-sectional survey

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 927-933

  Damery, S ^a   Gratus, C ^a   Grieve, R ^b   Warmington, S ^a   Jones, J ^a   Routledge, P ^c   Greenfield, S ^a   Dowswell, G ^a   Sherriff, J ^b   Wilson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

herbal medicines; prevalence; survivorship

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALOE VERA; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ARNICA MONTANA; ARTICLE; BORAGO; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURCUMA LONGA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG USE; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; EVENING PRIMROSE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GARLIC; GINGER; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; GRAPE; HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; IVY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUTH CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CLOVER; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SABAL; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; SILYBUM MARIANUM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEA; THYROID CANCER; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS; VISCUM ALBUM; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS; WILLOW; YAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PREVALENCE; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952703935     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.47     Document Type: Article

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