Acupuncture for the treatment of cancer pain: A systematic review of randomised clinical trials

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1147-1158

  Choi, Tae Young ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^a   Kim, Tae Hun ^a   Zaslawski, Christopher ^c   Ernst, Edzard ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cancer pain; Complementary and alternative medicine; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CODEINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANALGESICS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863986547     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1432-9     Document Type: Review

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