Cancer and evidence for complementary therapies

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1052119

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This award will allow Associate Professor Marie Pirotta to continue her work in establishing whether the complementary medicines widely used in our community for cancer are actually effective and safe. Her research plans include a clinical trial of acupuncture for arm swelling after breast cancer surgery and of the nutrient lycopene, found in tomatoes, for symptoms in men after treatment for prostate cancer.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Career Development Fellowships

Funding Amount: $467,441.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

breast cancer | cancer care | complementary medicine | lymphoedema | primary care | prostate cancer | self-management

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