Alternative and Complementary Cancer Treatments
Open Access
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- meet the-professor
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Oncologist
- Vol. 1 (3) , 173-179
- https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.1-3-173
Abstract
Alternative and complementary therapies differ importantly, and the distinction between the two is crucial for clinical oncologists. “Alternative” or unproven therapies are treatments used independen...Keywords
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