The feasibility and effects of acupuncture on quality of life scores during chemotherapy in ovarian cancer: Results from a pilot, randomized sham-controlled trial

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 233-240

  Lu, Weidong ^a,b   Matulonis, Ursula A ^a   Dunn, Julie E ^b   Lee, Hang ^c   Doherty Gilman, Anne ^a   Dean Clower, Elizabeth ^a   Goodman, Annekathryn ^c   Davis, Roger B ^d   Buring, Julie ^d   Wayne, Peter ^d   Rosenthal, David S ^a   Penson, Richard T ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Chemotherapy; EORTC; Neutropenia; Ovarian Cancer; Quality of Life; Randomized Controlled Trial

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; GEMCITABINE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; TOPOTECAN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BODY IMAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUTROPENIA; OVARY CANCER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870982284     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: 19336594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2012.0904     Document Type: Article

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