ArticleJournal of oncology practice2019
Let's Talk About Those Herbs You Are Taking: Ethical Considerations for Communication With Patients With Cancer About Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Article in Journal of oncology practice, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- CAMONCO 2: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Open Dialogue About Complementary Alternative Medicine and Standard Care on Patients' Quality of Life.JCO oncology practice · 2025Trial
- Exploring primary care physician feedback following an integrative oncology consultation.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Trial
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- Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Breast Cancer: Considerations for the Breast Surgical Oncologist.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Review
- Clinical research framework proposal for ketogenic metabolic therapy in glioblastoma.BMC medicine · 2024Review
- Health-Related Messages About Herbs, Spices, and Other Botanicals Appearing in Print Issues and Websites of Legacy Media: Content Analysis and Evaluation.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Ethical and moral principles for oncology healthcare workers: A brief report from a Bioethics consortium emphasizing on need for education.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Review
- Complementary and alternative medicine in oncology: knowledge, attitude and practice among Tunisian healthcare workers.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Article
- Status of Using Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Patients with Cancer in Korea: an Online Survey of Online Cancer Support Groups (KCSG PC21-20).Cancer research and treatment · 2023Article
- The Case of Billy Best: 25 Years Later.Pediatrics · 2021Article
- When complementary and alternative medicine intervenes in the conventional treatment of cancer patients: ethical analysis of a clinical case.Journal of medical ethics and history of medicine · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedErratum.2019
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8 authors.
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Abstract
Oncologists face ethical challenges when patients use potentially harmful complementary and alternative medicine in addition to or instead of conventional treatments for their cancer. For example, a patient may forego effective cancer treatment in favor of alternative therapies and suffer significant harm as a result. Similarly, false beliefs about the efficacy of complementary therapies may complicate the process of shared decision making about cancer treatment. In this vignette, we discuss clinicians' obligations and provide recommendations for ethically sound communication practices in this clinical context.
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