The role of acupuncture in cancer supportive care

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-229

  Lin, Jaung Geng ^a   Chen, Yi Hung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cancer Care; Nausea; Nervousness and Insomnia; Pain; Review; Vomiting; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INSOMNIA; LOZENGE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVOUSNESS; SEDATION; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84863391079     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X12500176     Document Type: Article

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