Cancer Patient Motives and Expectations on Non-medical Practitioners

CONCLUSION: There is a high proportion of cancer patients visiting NMPs mostly for additional treatment. Biologically-based treatments may induce side-effects and interactions, especially as NMPs are not trained on medically accepted cancer treatment and medications. Offering information on CAM and improving the physician-patient relationship are important means to answer unmet needs from the side of the patient.PMID:36099132 | DOI:10.21873/invivo.12986

Source: Cancer Control - September 13, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Christian Keinki Emadaldin Ahmadi Karin Kastrati Bijan Zomorodbakhsch Jutta H übner Working Group Prevention and Integrative Oncology of the German Cancer Society (PRIO) Source Type: research