The influences of Chan-Chuang qi-gong therapy on complete blood cell counts in breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-155

  Yeh, Mei Ling ^a   Lee, Tsoy Ing ^b   Chen, Hsing Hsia ^c   Chao, Tsu Yi ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Complete blood counts; Qi gong therapy; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CHAN CHUANG QI GONG THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; NURSING PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF NURSING CARE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; BREAST TUMOR; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREATHING EXERCISES; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN;

EID: 33646697148     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200603000-00012     Document Type: Article

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