Acupuncture for chemotherapy-associated cognitive dysfunction: A hypothesis-generating literature review to inform clinical advice

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-41

  Johnston, Michael Francis ^a   Yang, Changqing ^b   Hui, Ka Kit ^a   Xiao, Bo ^b   Li, Xiuxia ^a   Rusiewicz, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Chemotherapy associated cognitive dysfunction; Neurological disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BORTEZOMIB; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; VINCA ALKALOID;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGITATION; ANGER; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOTHERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; GUILT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY DISORDER; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TINGLING; SLEEP DISORDER; THOUGHT DISORDER; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 33846952188     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735406298903     Document Type: Review

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