Counseling patients on cancer diets: A review of the literature and recommendations for clinical practice

Anticancer Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-48

  Huebner, Jutta ^a   Marienfeld, Sabine ^b   Abbenhardt, Clare ^c   Ulrich, Cornelia ^c   Muenstedt, Karsten ^d   Micke, Oliver ^e   Muecke, Ralph ^f   Loeser, Christian ^g  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^e FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g Rotes Kreuz Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaline diet; Breuss cure; Budwig diet; Cancer diet; Gerson's regime; Ketogenic diet; Macrobiotics; Patient counseling; Raw food diet; Review

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE DIET; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIRCHER BENNER DIET; BREU CANCER CURE; BUDWIG DIET; CANCER DIET; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERSON REGIME; GONZALEZ REGIMEN; HUMAN; KELLEY REGIMEN; KETOGENIC DIET; LIVINGSTON WHEELER REGIMEN; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MACROBIOTIC DIET; MOERMANN DIET; PATIENT COUNSELING; RAW FOOD DIET; REVIEW; VEGAN DIET; BREUSS CURE; COUNSELING; GERSON'S REGIME; LITERATURE; MACROBIOTICS; NEOPLASM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ALKALINE DIET; BREUSS CURE; BUDWIG DIET; CANCER DIET; GERSON'S REGIME; KETOGENIC DIET; MACROBIOTICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; RAW FOOD DIET; REVIEW;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COUNSELING; DIET; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84897023454     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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