Effects of therapeutic massage on the quality of life among patients with breast cancer during treatment

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-380

  Sturgeon, Michele ^a   Wetta Hall, Ruth ^b   Hart, Traci ^b   Good, Marge ^c   Dakhil, Shaker ^d  

^a Integrative Therapies Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^c WICHITA COMMUNITY CLINICAL ONCOLOGY PROGRAM   (United States)

^d Cancer Center of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; OIL;

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REHABILITATION; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MUSIC THERAPY; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURY; RECURRENT CANCER; RELIABILITY; RETCHING; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPINE POSITION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VALIDITY; VOMITING; WELLBEING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; SLEEP DISORDERS; VOMITING;

EID: 65549090168     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0399     Document Type: Article

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