title: Justification for separate consideration of two broad categories of cancer patient use of complementary medicine.
abstract: A strong argument can be made in support of the concept that individual cancer patient use of complementary medicine can be divided into two broad categories. This article provides the rationale for this statement and the potential utility of this approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecologic Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. mmarkman@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Maurie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Markman
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D029001:Herbal Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life