Recent advances in oncology acupuncture and safety considerations in practice

Current Treatment Options in Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 141-146

  Lu, Weidong ^a   Rosenthal, David S ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; VENLAFAXINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED NEUTROPENIA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NECK DISSECTION; NECK PAIN; NEUTROPENIA; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION INJURY; RISK REDUCTION; SHOULDER PAIN; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79951959243     PISSN: 15272729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11864-010-0126-0     Document Type: Article

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