Complementary and alternative medicine in radiation oncology: Survey of patients’ attitudes;Komplementär- und Alternativmedizin in der Radioonkologie: Umfrage zur Patientenakzeptanz

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 419-425

  Lettner, Sabrina ^a   Kessel, Kerstin A ^a,b   Combs, Stephanie E ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Holistic medicine; Immune system; Radiotherapy; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; BONE CANCER; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOLISTIC CARE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE CANCER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; MOTIVATION; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILATES; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SKIN CANCER; TESTIS TUMOR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GERMANY; HEALTH LITERACY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENTS; PREVALENCE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 85010767291     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-017-1101-5     Document Type: Article

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