Cancer patients taking herbal medicines: A review of clinical purposes, associated factors, and perceptions of benefit or harm

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 175, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-66

  Poonthananiwatkul, Benjawan ^a   Howard, Rachel L ^a   Williamson, Elizabeth M ^a   Lim, Rosemary H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer patient; Complementary and alternative medicine; Food supplement; Herbal medicine; Review

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DYSPEPSIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FATIGUE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCOME; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; THAILAND; UTILIZATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; THAILAND;

EID: 84942532074     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.08.052     Document Type: Review

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