Feasibility study of acupuncture for reducing sleep disturbances and hot flashes in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 228-236

  Otte, Julie L ^a   Carpenter, Janet S ^a   Zhong, Xin ^b   Johnstone, Peter A S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Breast cancer survivor; Hot flashes; Sleep disturbances

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING; POSTMENOPAUSE; SLEEP DISORDER; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SLEEP DISORDERS; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053927378     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e318229950b     Document Type: Article

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