External qigong therapy for women with breast cancer prior to surgery

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 348-353

  Cohen, Lorenzo ^a   Chen, Zhen ^b   Arun, Banu ^a   Shao, Zhimin ^b   Dryden, Mark ^a   Xu, Linhhui ^b   Le Petross, Carisa ^a   Dogan, Basak ^a   McKenna, Brian J ^c   Markman, Maurie ^a   Babiera, Gildy ^a  

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

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c Acupuncture Medical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative medicine; breast cancer; breast imaging; qigong; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL QIGONG THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREATHING EXERCISES; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649648666     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735410387424     Document Type: Article

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