Online survey of patients with breast cancer on complementary and alternative medicine

Breast Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-63

  Huebner, Jutta ^a   Muenstedt, Karsten ^b   Prott, Franz J ^c   Stoll, Christoph ^d   Micke, Oliver ^e   Buentzel, Jens ^f   Muecke, Ralph ^g,h   Senf, Bianca ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^c Radiooncology   (Germany)

^d Clinic Herzoghöhe   (Germany)

^e FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^f Clinic for Head and Neck Diseases   (Germany)

^g LIPPE HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^h RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Interaction; Patient information; Patient needs; Patient physician communication

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ASCORBIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; SELENIUM;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CHINESE HERB; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDITATION; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; STRESS; VISCUM ALBUM; YOGA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ONLINE SYSTEM; REVIEW;

EID: 84897035313     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000360381     Document Type: Article

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