Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 235-246 , August 2001

Integration of Chinese medicine into supportive cancer care:A modern role for an ancient tradition

  • R. Wong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre, Ontario, Canada
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  • C.M. Sagar

      Affiliations

    • Practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine in private practice, Ontario, Hamilton, Canada
    • ,
  • S.M. Sagar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre, Ontario, Canada

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Cancer Treatment Reviews
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