Complementary and alternative therapies used by Turkish breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Breast Care

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 471-475

  Can, Gulbeyaz ^a   Demir, Melike ^b   Aydiner, Adnan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; CAM; Chemotherapy; Complementary and alternative medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHAMOMILE; GRAPE SEED EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MOLASSES; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; ROYAL JELLY; VITAMIN;

ACHILLEA; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; BLUEBERRY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARROT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GARLIC; GINGER; GINSENG; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; KINESIOTHERAPY; LINSEED; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; POMEGRANATE JUICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOYBEAN; TEA; THYME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 84879111504     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345462     Document Type: Article

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