Hierl, Marina and Pfirstinger, Jochen and Andreesen, Reinhard and Holler, Ernst and Mayer, Stephanie and Wolff, Daniel and Vogelhuber, Martin (2017) Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Clinical Study in 1,016 Hematology/Oncology Patients. ONCOLOGY, 93 (3). pp. 157-163. ISSN 0030-2414, 1423-0232
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Introduction: Surveys state a widespread use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in patients with malignant diseases. CAM methods might potentially interfere with the metabolization of tumor-specific therapy. However, there is little communication about CAM use in hematology/oncology patients between patients, CAM providers, and oncologists. Patients and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was handed out to all patients attending to the hematology/oncology outpatient clinic of Regensburg University Hospital. Subsequently, a chart review of all CAM users was performed. Results: Questionnaires of 1,016 patients were analyzed. Of these patients, 30% used CAM, preferably vitamins and micronutrients. Main information sources for CAM methods were physicians/nonmedical practitioners and friends/relatives. CAM therapies were provided mainly by licensed physicians (29%), followed by nonmedical practitioners (14%) and the patients themselves (13%). Although 62% of the CAM users agreed that the oncologist may know about their CAM therapy, a chart entry about CAM use was found only in 41%. Conclusion: CAM is frequently used by hematology/oncology patients. Systematic communication about CAM is essential to avoid possible drug interactions. (C) 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER; DISCLOSURE; ONCOLOGY; USAGE; CAM; Complementary medicine; Cancer; Malignancy; Alternative medicine; Tolerability |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin III (Hämatologie und Internistische Onkologie) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2018 13:01 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Feb 2019 14:41 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/644 |
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