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Open Access
01-06-2012 | Poster presentation
P04.75. Post-treatment hot flash severity and integrative medicine (IM) use among women with a history of breast cancer
Authors:
K Chandwani, K Mustian, J Roscoe, C Heckler, S Mohile, J Wade III, J Kirshner, G Morrow
Published in:
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
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Special Issue 1/2012
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Excerpt
Hot flashes (HF) are common in women with breast cancer (BC) and reduce their quality of life. Currently, moderately effective pharmacologic agents are associated with bothersome side effects; the efficacy of non-pharmacologic treatments including IM, which are commonly used by cancer patients, is not exactly known. This study examined the association between HF severity in women with breast cancer at six months following the end of cancer treatment (FU) and their IM use. …