Long-term survival of a patient with widespread metastases from epithelial ovarian carcinoma receiving mind-body therapies: Case report and review of the literature

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-399

  Lev Ari, Shahar ^a   Maimon, Yair ^a   Yaal Hahoshen, Neora ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Epithelial ovarian carcinoma; Long term survival; Metastases; Mind body therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; PLATINUM; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; METASTASIS; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; BREATHING EXERCISES; CARCINOMA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DANCE THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33750884194     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735406294221     Document Type: Article

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