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Cancer patients' use of complementary and alternative medicine in Sweden: a cross-sectional study.

Kathrin WodeRoger HenrikssonLena SharpAnna StoltenbergJohanna Hök Nordberg
Published in: BMC complementary and alternative medicine (2019)
Despite limited access and advice within conventional cancer care, one fourth of Swedish cancer patients use CAM. The insufficient patient-provider dialogue diverges with most patients' wish for professional guidance in their decisions and integration of CAM modalities in conventional cancer care. Concurrent and multimodal CAM use implies challenges and possibilities for cancer care that need to be considered.
Keyphrases
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