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Issue 138
DIGIANNI and co-authors, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, SM228, Boston, MA 02115, USA, lisa_digianni@dfci.harvard.edu, have analyzed the use of CAM by women who have been diagnosed as 1
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Issue 137
JEFFS, The London Haven, Effie Road, Fulham Broadway, London SW6 1TB, UK, has conducted a clinical audit of treating breast cancer-related lymphoedema.Abstract: Lymphoedema is recognised as a significant management prob1
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Issue 137
QUATTRINI and co-workers, Chair of Hygiene, DPMSC School of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, r.quattrin@med.uniud.it, have used Reflexology to reduce anxiety in cancer patients undergoing chemo1
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Issue 137
RICHARDSON and others, Faculty of Health and Social Work, Portland Square, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, janet.richardson@plymouth.ac.uk, have reviewe1
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Issue 136
BEN-ARYE and co-authors, The Complementary and Traditional Medicine Unit, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, have asked whether psychosocial and spiritual concerns are relevant to1
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Issue 136
MOLASSIOTIS and others, School of Nursing, University of Manchester, Coupland III, Coupland Street, Manchester M13 9PL, UK, alex.molassiotis@manchester.ac.uk, have surveyed the use of CAM t1
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Issue 136
WILLIAMSand DALE, Division of Health in the Community, Centre for Primary Health Care Studies, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK, have reviewed (68 references) the effectiveness of treatment for depression in cancer pa1
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Issue 134
ADAMSEN and others, The University Hospitals Centre for Nursing and Care Research, Department 7331, The University Hospital of Copenhagen, Blegdamvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark, have investigated the effects of an exercise programme on the wellbeing 1
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Issue 134
ALMUSHATAT and co-workers, University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK, have studied antioxidant vitamins, lipid peroxidation, and the systemic inflammatory response in patients with prostate cancer.
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Issue 134
KIRSCH and colleagues, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA, have analyzed the connections between vitamin E, beta-carotene, vitamin C and the risk of prostate cancer.
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Issue 133
WILBURN and colleagues, Stanford Center for Lymphatic and Venous Disorders, Stanford University School of Medicine, Falk Cardiovascular Research Center, Stanford, California 94305, USA, have conducted a pilot study of a novel device for manual lymphati1
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Issue 133
YOU and co-workers, Peking University School of Oncology, Beijing Cancer Hospital and Beijing Institute for Cancer Research, Beijing, China, have tested natural treatments for pre-cancerous stomach lesions.
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Issue 130
ENGESETand others, Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway, have studied the consumption of fish and the risk of breast cancer.
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Issue 130
PETERS and colleagues, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, USA, have measured the connection between selenium and the risk of colon cancer.
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Issue 130
ROOMI and co-authors, Matthias Rath Research Institute, Cancer Division, 1260 Memorex Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA, have investigated the anticancer effects of a number of nutrients.
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Issue 130
WILLIAMS and DALE, Division of Health in the Community, Centre for Primary Health Care Studies, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK, have reviewed (68 references) the effectiveness of treatment for depression in patients1
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Issue 129
CROSS and colleagues, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Rockville, MD, USA, have looked at the connection between iron and the risk of colorectal cancer.
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Issue 129
HUANG and co-workers, Laboratory of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA, have studied the seleni1
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Issue 129
MOLASSIOTIS and co-authors, School of Nursing, University of Manchester, Coupland III, Coupland Street, Manchester M13 9PL, UK, have surveyed the use of CAM therapies by lung cancer patients in Europe.
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Issue 128
BOEKHOUT and co-authors, Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, have studied the treatment of cancer therapy-induced early menopause. Abstract: Young women with breast cance1