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| Title |
The use of complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Seminars in Surgical Oncology, April 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/1477-7800-4-10 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mariama Adams, Andrew Paul Jewell |
| Abstract |
The use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) among cancer patients is widespread and appears to be increasing. However, it is not clear whether patients use CAM as an 'alternative' to standard oncology care or as an adjunct to the conventional treatment they receive. This study reviews the role of CAM therapies in the management of cancer, from the view of both patients and health professionals and it highlights issues relating to the efficacy of CAM used by cancer patients. Most patients use CAM to 'complement' the conventional therapies of radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy and surgery. Health professionals in general have expressed positive views when CAM is used 'complementarily' and not as an 'Alternative'. Results so far published have shown that CAM can contribute to improving the quality of life of cancer patients and their general well-being. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 193 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Greece | 1 | <1% |
| Philippines | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 186 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 35 | 18% |
| Researcher | 23 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 8% |
| Other | 37 | 19% |
| Unknown | 41 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 48 | 25% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 23 | 12% |
| Psychology | 22 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 38 | 20% |
| Unknown | 45 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 June 2019.
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Altmetric has tracked 22,780,967 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 92nd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 22 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.5. This one scored the same or higher as 19 of them.
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