Acupuncture for hot flashes in patients with prostate cancer

Urology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1182-1188

  Beer, Tomasz M ^a   Benavides, Maria ^c   Emmons, Sandra L ^a   Hayes, Margaret ^a   Liu, Guohui ^d   Garzotto, Mark ^b,e   Donovan, Deirdre ^a   Katovic, Nina ^a   Reeder, Caron ^a   Eilers, Kristine ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Goodlife Acupuncture   (United States)

^d OREGON COLLEGE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ANTIANDROGEN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FATIGUE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEG CRAMP; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEROTONIN;

EID: 78149360377     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.03.033     Document Type: Article

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