Use of complementary therapies by Australian women with breast cancer
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Use of complementary/alternative therapies by women with advanced-stage breast cancer
BACKGROUND This study sought to describe the pattern of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) use among a group of patients with advanced breast cancer, to examine the main reasons for their CAM use, to identify patient's information sources and their communication pattern with their physicians. METHODS Face-to-face structured interviews of patients with advanced-stage breast cancer at a c...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Breast
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0960-9776
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2007.12.006