Alternative therapy used as primary treatment for breast cancer negatively impacts outcomes

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 912-916

  Han, Esther ^a   Johnson, Nathalie ^b   DelaMelena, Tammy ^b   Glissmeyer, Margaret ^b   Steinbock, Kari ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEGACY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955849214     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1487-0     Document Type: Article

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