Use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with cancer: a cross-sectional study at different points of cancer care

Medical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Wortmann, J Kleine ^a   Bremer, A ^b   Eich, H T ^c   Wortmann, H P Kleine ^d   Schuster, A ^e   Fuhner J ^d   Buntzel J ^f   Muecke, R ^g   Prott, F J ^h   Huebner, J ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MVZ Media Vita   (Germany)

^c INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^d Urologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^e Practice Auf der Geist Münster   (Germany)

^f Department of Otolaryngology   (Germany)

^g RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^h RNS Praxisgemeinschaft GbR ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine; Information needs

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INJURY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; VERY ELDERLY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84975678133     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-016-0790-4     Document Type: Article

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