Acupuncture for the alleviation of hot flashes in men treated with androgen ablation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1358-1363

  Ashamalla, Hani ^a   Jiang, Ming L ^b   Guirguis, Adel ^a   Peluso, Francesco ^a   Ashamalla, Mark ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Hormonal therapy; Hot flash score; Hot flashes; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; ANDROGEN ABLATIONS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLASH SCORE; HOT FLASHES; MEDICAL THERAPY; POST TREATMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE CANCERS; SIDE EFFECT; TIME POINTS;

ABLATION; ACUPUNCTURE;

DISEASES;

ANDROGEN;

ABLATION THERAPY; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77958030536     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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