Complementary and alternative medicine use among women receiving chemotherapy for ovarian cancer in 2 patient populations

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 587-593

  Helpman, Limor ^a   Ferguson, Sarah E ^a   MacKean, Melanie ^b   Rana, Amira ^a   Le, Lisa ^a   Atkinson, Morven A ^b   Rogerson, Andrew ^b   MacKay, Helen ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Edinburgh Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Complementary and alternative medicine; Epithelial ovarian cancer; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FISH OIL; LINSEED OIL; SELENIUM; TURMERIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINACEA; EVENING PRIMROSE; FEMALE; GINGER; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; HEALING; HONEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SILYBUM MARIANUM; SOYBEAN; TEA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISCUM ALBUM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER STAGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OVARY TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CANADA; CARBOPLATIN; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PACLITAXEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051689176     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31820fa24a     Document Type: Article

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