Efficacy of complementary and alternative medicine therapies in relieving cancer pain: A systematic review

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 34, 2006, Pages 5457-5464

  Bardia, Aditya ^a   Barton, Debra L ^a   Prokop, Larry J ^a   Bauer, Brent A ^a   Moynihan, Timothy J ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AI TONG PING; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HESA A; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; CANCER PAIN; CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBASE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISURE; MASSAGE; MEDLINE; MUSIC THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPPORT GROUP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; NEOPLASM; PAIN; RELAXATION TRAINING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MASSAGE; MIND-BODY AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247232055     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.08.3725     Document Type: Review

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