Arix: A randomised trial of acupuncture V oral care sessions in patients with chronic xerostomia following treatment of head and neck cancer

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 776-783

  Simcock, R ^a   Fallowfield, L ^b   Monson, K ^b   Solis Trapala, I ^c   Parlour, L ^b   Langridge, C ^b   Jenkins, V ^b  

^a Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Head and neck cancer; Quality of life; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SELF REPORT; SWALLOWING; UNITED KINGDOM; WAKEFULNESS; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RADIATION INJURIES; SALIVARY GLANDS; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84874578465     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds515     Document Type: Article

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