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Turkey

Period of Data Collection	No. of included pats.	Diagnosis	Prevalence of CAM	CAM, mostly used	Reference
1998-2003	135	Patients with various forms of cancer	50% used CAM	stinging nettle	(42)
	305	Patients with various forms of cancer	60% used CAM	herbs	(43)
	107	Patients with various forms of cancer	41% used CAM	stinging nettle	(44)
> 2003	100	Patients with various forms of cancer	36% used CAM	herbs	(45)
	615	Patients with various forms of cancer	47% used CAM	herbs	(46)

References

(42) Samur M, Bozcuk HS, Kara A, Savas B. Factors associated with utilizatiion of nonproven cancer Therapies in Turkey. Support Care Cancer 2001;9:452-8.

(43) Ceylan S, Hamzaoglu O, Komurcu S, Beyan C, Yalcin A. Survey of the use of complementary and alternative medicine among Turkish cancer patients. Complement Ther Med 2002;10(2):94-9.

(44) Gözüm S, Tezel A, Koc M. Complementary alternative treatments used by patients with cancer in eastern Turkey. Cancer Nurs 2003;26(3):230-6.

(45) Algier LA, Hanoglu Z, Ozden G, Kara F. The use of complementary and alternative (non-conventional) medicine in cancer patients in Turkey. Eur J Oncol Nurs 2005;9(2):138-46.

(46) Tas F, Ustuner Z, Can G, Eralp Y, Camlica H, Basaran Met al. The prevalence and determinants of the use of complemen-tary and alternative medicine in adult Turkish cancer patients. Acta Oncol 2005;44(2):161-7.