Influence of Chinese medicine on weight loss and quality of life during radiotherapy in head and neck cancer

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-49

  Huang, Yueh Hsiang ^a   Chen, Jiun Liang ^a   Yang, Sien Hung ^a,b   Liu, Geng Hao ^a   Chang, Kai Ping ^a   Tsang, Ngan Ming ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine; complementary medicine; head and neck cancer; quality of life; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; APPETITE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84871659171     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735412443852     Document Type: Article

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