Acupuncture as an evidence-based option for symptom control in cancer patients

Current Treatment Options in Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 117-126

  Sagar, Stephen M ^a,b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MIANSERIN; MIDAZOLAM; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERTIFICATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; DENTAL ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FATIGUE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTION SICKNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRISMUS; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PLACEBOS;

EID: 58149095587     PISSN: 15272729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11864-008-0063-3     Document Type: Article

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