The prevalence of complementary/alternative medicine in cancer: a systematic review.

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Published in Cancer on August 15, 1998

Authors

E Ernst1, B R Cassileth

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Complementary Medicine, Postgraduate Medical School, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.

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