Attitude of employees of a university clinic to complementary and alternative medicine in oncology

A. Trimborn1, B. Senf2, K. Muenstedt3, J. Buentzel4, O. Micke5, R. Muecke6, F. J. Prott7, S. Wicker8 & J. Huebner1*, on behalf of Working group Prevention and Integrative Oncology (PRIO) of the German Cancer Society Dr. Senckenberg Chronomedical Institute; Department of Psychooncology, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Clinic, Gießen; Department of Head and Neck Diseases, Municipal Hospital, Nordhausen; Department of Radiooncology, St. Franziskus Hospital, Bielefeld; Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum; RNS Praxisgemeinschaft Radioonology, Wiesbaden; Occupational Health Service, University Clinic, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

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