Use of complementary/alternative therapies by women with advanced-stage breast cancer.

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Published in BMC Complement Altern Med on August 13, 2002

Authors

Joannie Shen1, Ronald Andersen, Paul S Albert, Neil Wenger, John Glaspy, Melissa Cole, Paul Shekelle

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Clinical Sciences, National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. jshen@nih.gov

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