Acupuncture compared with placebo acupuncture in radiotherapy-induced nausea-A randomized controlled study

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1353-1361

  Enblom, A ^a,b,c   Johnsson, A ^d   Hammar, M ^a   Onelov E ^c   Steineck, G ^c,e   Borjeson S ^a,f  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acupuncture therapy; Cancer; Complementary medicine; Emesis; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; APPLICATION SITE BLEEDING; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOOD; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INDUCED EMESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SHAM PROCEDURE; SKIN PENETRATION; SLEEP; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PLACEBOS; RADIOTHERAPY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860491247     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdr402     Document Type: Article

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