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Integrative medicine, quality of life and gynecological cancer

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  1. Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Napoleão de Barros, 925, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, 04024-002, Brazil

    Cristiana Alves Cesar-Netto, Cristina Frange, Monica Levy Andersen, Sergio Tufik & Helena Hachul

  2. Departamento de Ginecologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Napoleão de Barros, 925, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, 04024-002, Brazil

    Ana Elisa Colombo & Helena Hachul

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Our studies have been funded by AFIP, CNPq, and São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP #2014/18722-5 to CF).

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Cesar-Netto, C.A., Colombo, A.E., Frange, C. et al. Integrative medicine, quality of life and gynecological cancer. Support Care Cancer 24, 1455–1456 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-015-3022-0

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