Written by Katja Boehm and the CAM-Cancer Consortium.
Updated September 16, 2011

Hypnotherapy

Studies of hypnotherapy for other cancer-related symptoms

Table 3 Other cancer-related symptoms

Table 3 Other cancer-related symptoms.pdf 14.90 kB

Citation

Katja Boehm, CAM-Cancer Consortium. Hypnotherapy [online document]. http://www.cam-cancer.org/CAM-Summaries/Mind-body-interventions/Hypnotherapy. September 16, 2011.

Document history

Summary first published in September 2009, authored by Katja Boehm.

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