Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use and delays in presentation and diagnosis of breast cancer patients in public hospitals in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mujar, N.M.M., Dahlui, M., Emran, N.A., Hadi, I.A., Wai, Y.Y., Arulanantham, S., Hooi, C.C., Mohd Taib, N.A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2017
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19086/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176394

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used among the breast cancer patients in Malaysia. Delays in presentation, diagnosis and treatment have been shown to impact the disease prognosis. There is considerable use of CAM amongst breast cancer patients. CAM use has been cited as a caus...