Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Hospitalized Cancer Patients-Study from Silesia, Poland.

Karolina KasprzyckaMarta KurzawaMalgorzata KucharzMonika GodawskaMarta OleksaMarta StawowyKatarzyna Slupinska-BorowkaWiktoria Sznek Iwona Gisterek-GrocholskaAgnieszka Boratyn-NowickaMonika Rucinska Karolina Osowiecka Sergiusz Nawrocki

Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2022)

CAM was popular amongst Polish cancer patients, especially in younger, educated and professionally active patients with longer cancer history at advanced stage. Patients used CAM as a complementary therapy for strengthening immune system, improving morphological and biochemical test parameters, reducing the side effects of conventional therapy and improving their well-being.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
papillary thyroid
patient reported outcomes
bone marrow
mesenchymal stem cells
patient reported