Use of acupuncture in the control of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 606-612

  Bao, Ting ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Acupuncture; Antiemetic; Chemotherapy; Electroacupuncture; Electrostimulation; Nausea; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; APREPITANT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HALOPERIDOL; METHOTREXATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ONDANSETRON; PREDNISONE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 66749188648     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2009.0041     Document Type: Article

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