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SUBMITTER: Hill J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6802829 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hill Jacob J Seguin Ryan R Phanga Twambilile T Manda Agness A Chikasema Maria M Gopal Satish S Smith Jennifer S JS
PloS one 20191021 10
<h4>Background</h4>Increasing access to conventional cancer treatment (CT) in low-income countries (LICs) is an important public health initiative to address the global burden of cancer. However, LICs have a high prevalence of use of traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM). It is important to consider the factors that influence a patient's choice to use T&CM, CT, or both for their cancer treatment.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted focus groups among adult cancer patients in Lilongwe, Malawi to ...[more]