A critical review of the effects of medical Qigong on quality of life, immune function, and survival in cancer patients

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-110

  Oh, Byeongsang ^a   Butow, Phyllis ^a   Mullan, Barbara ^a   Hale, Amanda ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^b   Guo, Xinfeng ^c   Clarke, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^c GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

cancer; immune function; medical Qigong; quality of life; survival

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINESE MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL QIGONG; MOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BREATHING EXERCISES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84862023223     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735411413268     Document Type: Article

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