Mechanisms of action for acupuncture in the oncology setting

Current Treatment Options in Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 118-127

  Stone, Jennifer A M ^a   Johnstone, Peter A S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 CHLORO 6 N CYCLOPENTYLADENOSINE; ADENOSINE; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ARGIPRESSIN; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BORTEZOMIB; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKINE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OPIATE PEPTIDE; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; THALIDOMIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLODYNIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CHINESE MEDICINE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; STRESS; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79951955307     PISSN: 15272729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11864-010-0128-y     Document Type: Article

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