Impact of a complementary/integrative medicine program on the need for supportive cancer care-related medications

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 3181-3190

  Shalom Sharabi, Ilanit ^a,b   Samuels, Noah ^a,c   Lev, Efraim ^b   Lavie, Ofer ^d   Keinan Boker, Lital ^b,e   Schiff, Elad ^f   Ben Arye, Eran ^a,g  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^f BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Complementary medicine; Integrative medicine; Medication use; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; HEALTH SERVICE; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIEMETICS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85018821742     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-017-3726-4     Document Type: Article

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