The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Korean Breast Cancer Women: Is It Associated with Severity of Symptoms?

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-other"><h2>Table 4</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption">CAM users’ attitudes towards conventional health care.</div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr /></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Category</td><td align="center"><span style="width: 11.2172ptpx;"><svg height="8.80314pt" id="M9" style="vertical-align:-0.2063999pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.59674 11.2172 8.80314" width="11.2172pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M870 650H622L613 619C694 615 708 606 708 559C708 531 702 477 686 396L636 136H633L281 650H127L120 619C180 616 198 611 212 592C227 572 232 558 220 503L166 254C148 169 139 131 126 89C112 43 85 35 33 32L24 0H280L286 32C208 37 189 44 189 93C189 124 198 179 212 250L267 526H271L622 -8H655L732 396C747 477 762 532 770 556C785 600 798 616 862 619L870 650Z" id="g50-79"></path><glyph.data ascent="3443" descent="-2856" horiz-adv-x="888" vert-adv-y="888"></glyph.data></g></svg></span></td><td align="center">%</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Disclosure of CAM use to healthcare provider</td><td align="center"> </td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Yes</td><td align="center">74</td><td align="center">38.3</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> No</td><td align="center">119</td><td align="center">61.7</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Reason for nondisclosure</td><td align="center"> </td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Healthcare provider may dislike it</td><td align="center">36</td><td align="center">30.3</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> There is no need to disclose</td><td align="center">76</td><td align="center">63.9</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> I am not open-minded type</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Healthcare provider does not know about CAM</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0.8</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Other</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">5.0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Any side effects of cancer therapy</td><td align="center"> </td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Yes</td><td align="center">173</td><td align="center">89.6</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> No</td><td align="center">20</td><td align="center">10.4</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr" /></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div>

Table 4 | The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Korean Breast Cancer Women: Is It Associated with Severity of Symptoms?

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Table 4: The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Korean Breast Cancer Women: Is It Associated with Severity of Symptoms?

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