Network Oncology (NO) - A Clinical Cancer Register for Health Services Research and the Evaluation of Integrative Therapeutic Interventions in Anthroposophic Medicine

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 353-360

  Schad, Friedemann ^a,b   Axtner, Jan ^a   Happe, Antje ^a   Breitkreuz, Thomas ^c,d   Paxino, Constantin ^e   Gutsch, Johannes ^f   Matthes, Burkhard ^g   Debus, Marion ^g   Kröz, Matthias ^a,b   Spahn, Günther ^h   Riess, Hartmut ⁱ   Von Laue, Hans Broder ⁱ   Matthes, Harald ^a,b  

^a Forschungsinstitut Havelhoehe GGmbH   (Germany)

^b Center of Palliative Care Medicine and Pain Therapy   (Germany)

^c Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke   (Germany)

^d Bad Liebenzell Unterlengenhardt   (Germany)

^e Reha Klinik Schloss Hamborn   (Germany)

^f Oncologist   (Germany)

^g Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum Havelhoehe AnthroMed Berlin Brandenburg GGmbH   (Germany)

^h Klinik Oeschelbronn GGmbH   (Germany)

ⁱ AnthroMed Centrum für Integrative Medizin GGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthroposophic medicine; Clinical registries; Complementary medicine; Health service research; Integrative oncology; Mistletoe; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; VISCUM ALBUM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOSOPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MISTLETOE; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888032501     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356204     Document Type: Article

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