Acupuncture as palliative therapy for physical symptoms and quality of life for advanced cancer patients

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-167

  Dean Clower, Elizabeth ^a,e   Doherty Gilman, Anne M ^a   Keshaviah, Aparna ^d   Baker, Frank ^b   Kaw, Chiewkwei ^c   Weidong Lu, ^a,e   Manola, Judith ^a   Penson, Richard T ^d,e   Matulonis, Ursula A ^a,e   Rosenthal, David S ^a,e  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

acupuncture; breast cancer; ovarian cancer; palliative care; symptom management

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; OVARY CANCER; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; AMBULATORY CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954205874     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735409360666     Document Type: Article

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