Integrative oncology: Really the best of both worlds?

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 692-700

  Gorski, David H ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AYURVEDA; CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MEDITATION; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEXOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; REVIEW; YOGA; ARTICLE; NEOPLASM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84910001328     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc3822     Document Type: Review

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