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Complementary & Alternative Medicine
A third of European cancer patients use CAM; most are women
February 24th, 2005
A third of European cancer patients use complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies; most are women. More than a third of cancer patients in Europe make use of complementary and alternative medicine, according to one of the largest surveys undertaken of CAM in cancer. In the first Europe-wide study of CAM, a team of international researchers found that its use varied from a low of just under 15% of cancer patients in Greece to a high of nearly three-quarters of patients in Italy. Writing in a recent issue of Annals of Oncology, lead author Dr Alex Molassiotis said that their survey of nearly 1,000 patients showed that it...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-24)
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