Managing radiation therapy side effects with complementary medicine

Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-80

  Thomas, Jerah ^a   Beinhorn, Curtiss ^a   Norton, Dena ^a   Richardson, Michael ^a   Sumler, Sat Siri ^a   Frenkel, Moshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Cancer care; Complementary therapies; Fatigue; Integrative oncology; Massage; Radiation side effects; Radiation therapy; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; BICARBONATE; CALENDULA CREAM; CALENDULA OINTMENT; GLUTAMINE; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KAVA; MINERAL; MOUTHWASH; NATURAL PRODUCT; PEPPER EXTRACT; PILOCARPINE; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TOPICAL AGENT; TRAUMEEL S; TROLAMINE CREAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN; VSL3; ZINC;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE RADIATION INDUCED XEROSTOMIA; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENERGY THERAPY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HONEY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INSOMNIA; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH PAIN; MUSIC THERAPY; NEOPLASM; RADIATION ENTEROPATHY; RADIATION INDUCED ANXIETY; RADIATION INDUCED DERMATITIS; RADIATION INDUCED DIARRHEA; RADIATION INDUCED EMESIS; RADIATION INDUCED FATIGUE AND INSOMNIA; RADIATION INDUCED STOMATITIS; RADIATION INJURY; REHYDRATION; REIKI; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; STRESS; STUPOR; TAI CHI; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT CONTROL; YOGA; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

EID: 77950873879     PISSN: 1715894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7200.2009.0023     Document Type: Review

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