Pilot, randomized, modified, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue

Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-11

  Balk, Judith ^a   Day, Richard ^b   Rosenzweig, Margaret ^c   Beriwal, Sushil ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cancer; Cancer patients; Cancer treatment; Cancer related fatigue; Depression; Quality of life; Radiation therapy; Sham acupuncture; True acupuncture

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 67149138426     PISSN: 1715894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7200.2009.0004     Document Type: Article

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