Acupuncture for postchemotherapy fatigue: A phase II study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1731-1735

  Vickers, Andrew J ^a   Straus, David J ^a   Fearon, Bertha ^a   Cassileth, Barrie R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442700591     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.04.102     Document Type: Article

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