The Value of Massage Therapy in Cancer Care

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 649-660

  Myers, Cynthia D ^a   Walton, Tracy ^b   Small, Brent J ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Training and Consultation: Caring for Clients with Cancer   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ADVANCED CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER THERAPY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; METASTASIS; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEXOLOGY; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; WELLBEING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MASSAGE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47049083464     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2008.04.003     Document Type: Review

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