{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Stocker A"],"funding":["Deutsche Krebshilfe"],"pagination":["e0285718"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10180689"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["18(5)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has become increasingly popular among cancer patients. The prevalence of CAM use differs worldwide and depends on different sociodemographic and medical characteristics. Findings on predictors for CAM use and its benefits for quality of Life (QoL) have been inconclusive in recent studies.<h4>Objective</h4>The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and methods of CAM use in breast cancer (BC) and gynecological cancer (GC) patients, to compare CAM users vs. non-CAM users regarding their sociodemographic and medical characteristics, and to investigate the relationship between CAM use and QoL.<h4>Methods</h4>In a sub-analysis from a multicenter, cross-sectional study in Germany, we examined 1,214 female cancer patients ("],"journal":["PloS one"],"pubmed_title":["Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by women with breast cancer or gynecological cancer."],"pmcid":["PMC10180689"],"funding_grant_id":["107465"],"pubmed_authors":["Hinz A","Ernst J","Mehnert-Theuerkauf A","Stocker A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by women with breast cancer or gynecological cancer.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has become increasingly popular among cancer patients. The prevalence of CAM use differs worldwide and depends on different sociodemographic and medical characteristics. Findings on predictors for CAM use and its benefits for quality of Life (QoL) have been inconclusive in recent studies.<h4>Objective</h4>The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and methods of CAM use in breast cancer (BC) and gynecological cancer (GC) patients, to compare CAM users vs. non-CAM users regarding their sociodemographic and medical characteristics, and to investigate the relationship between CAM use and QoL.<h4>Methods</h4>In a sub-analysis from a multicenter, cross-sectional study in Germany, we examined 1,214 female cancer patients (","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023","modification":"2025-04-05T18:50:19.153Z","creation":"2025-04-05T18:50:19.153Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10180689","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37172048"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0285718"]}}