Acupuncture: Integration into cancer care

Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-92

  Deng, Gary ^a   Vickers, Andrew ^a   Yeung, K Simon ^a   Cassileth, Barrie R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acupuncture; Cancer; Complementary therapies; Integrative oncology

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GABAPENTIN; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; META ANALYSIS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; SAFETY; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 33747283073     PISSN: 1715894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7200.2006.010     Document Type: Article

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