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Finland

Period of Data Collection	No. of included pats.	Diagnosis	Prevalence of CAM	CAM, mostly used	Reference
<1986	151	Patients with various forms of cancer	45% used CAM	birch ash	(10)
1998-2003	216	Patients with breast cancer	30% used CAM	vitamin + trace element supplements	(11)
	190	Patients with prostate cancer	28% used CAM	dietary supplements

References

(10) Arkko PJ, Arkko BL, Kari-Koskinen O, Taskinen PJ. A survey of unproven cancer remedies and their users in an outpa-tient clinic for cancer therapy in Finland. Soc Sci Med 1980;14A(6):511-4.

(11) Salmenperä L. The use of complementary therapies among breast and prostate cancer patients in Finland. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2002;11(1):44-50.