Herbs and cytotoxic drugs: recognizing and communicating potentially relevant interactions.
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481 CDR Colleen O. Lee, RN, MS, AOCN ®, is a practice assessment program manager in the Offi ce of Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD. This article is an excerpt from “Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine From the Patient, Provider, and Community Viewpoints,” a mini-institute presented on November 6, 2004, at the Oncology Nursing Society’s Fifth Annual Institutes of Learning in Nashville, TN.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical journal of oncology nursing
دوره 9 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005