Role of massage therapy in cancer care

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-214

  Russell, Nancy C ^a   Sumler, Sat Siri ^a   Beinhorn, Curtiss M ^a   Frenkel, Moshe A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; FATIGUE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISURE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MASSAGE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; UNITED STATES;

ANXIETY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MASSAGE; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH;

EID: 40549121610     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.7176     Document Type: Review

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