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Qigong for cancer treatment: A systematic review of controlled clinical trials

Myeong Soo Lee Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth, Exeter, UKCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Kevin W Chen Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, , Baltimore, USA
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Kenneth M Sancier Qigong Institute, , Menlo Park, USA
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Edzard Ernst Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth, Exeter, UK
Pages 717-722 | Received 11 Jan 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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