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Hendershot KA, Dixon M, Kono SA, et al. Patients' perceptions of complementary and alternative medicine in head and neck cancer: a qualitative, pilot study with clinical implications. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2013;20(4):213-8doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2013.10.005.
Hendershot, K. A., Dixon, M., Kono, S. A., Shin, D. M., & Pentz, R. D. (2014). Patients' perceptions of complementary and alternative medicine in head and neck cancer: a qualitative, pilot study with clinical implications. Complementary therapies in clinical practice, 20(4), 213-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2013.10.005
Hendershot, Kristopher A, et al. "Patients' perceptions of complementary and alternative medicine in head and neck cancer: a qualitative, pilot study with clinical implications." Complementary therapies in clinical practice vol. 20,4 (2014): 213-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2013.10.005
Hendershot KA, Dixon M, Kono SA, Shin DM, Pentz RD. Patients' perceptions of complementary and alternative medicine in head and neck cancer: a qualitative, pilot study with clinical implications. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2014 Nov;20(4):213-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2013.10.005. Epub 2013 Oct 24. PMID: 25486856.
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Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2014 Nov;20(4):213-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2013.10.005. Epub 2013 Oct 24.

Patients' perceptions of complementary and alternative medicine in head and neck cancer: a qualitative, pilot study with clinical implications.

Complementary therapies in clinical practice

Kristopher A Hendershot, Margie Dixon, Scott A Kono, Dong M Shin, Rebecca D Pentz

Affiliations

  1. 1365 Clifton Road NE, Building B, Emory School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. 1365 Clifton Road NE, Building B, Emory School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
  3. 1365 Clifton Road NE, Building B, Emory School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
  4. 1365 Clifton Road NE, Building B, Emory School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
  5. 1365 Clifton Road NE, Building B, Emory School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25486856 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2013.10.005

Abstract

PURPOSE: To describe head and neck cancer (HNC) patients' perceptions of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and their attitudes towards a discussion regarding CAM.

METHODS: We interviewed a convenience sample of HNC patients, using a structured interview tool.

RESULTS: The participants' perceptions of CAM can be grouped into three categories: positive; open-minded: needing more input; and negative. Almost all of the 14 participants (93%) report that they would be comfortable having a CAM discussion with their physician, although only 43% of the participants had such a conversation.

CONCLUSIONS: Participants' willingness to discuss CAM suggests that HNC patients might be open to learning about their options for participating in needed CAM-related research. The reported lack of CAM discussions, despite participants expressed comfort with them, and potential harms of interactions between CAM and conventional therapy, support our recommendation that physicians routinely initiate discussion with HNC patients regarding CAM usage.

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Keywords: Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Ethics; Head and neck cancer; Natural compounds

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