Reducing vasomotor symptoms with acupuncture in breast cancer patients treated with adjuvant tamoxifen: A randomized controlled trial

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 791-798

  Liljegren, Annelie ^a   Gunnarsson, Pia ^a   Landgren, Britt Marie ^a   Robéus, Ninna ^b   Johansson, Hemming ^a   Rotstein, Samuel ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Gynekologmottagningen Mörby Centrum Danderyd   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Adjuvant; Breast cancer; Hot flush; Sham; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEATING; TREATMENT DURATION; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SWEATING; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 84866544670     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-010-1283-3     Document Type: Article

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