A dual-center randomized controlled double blind trial assessing the effect of acupuncture in reducing musculoskeletal symptoms in breast cancer patients taking aromatase inhibitors

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-174

  Bao, Ting ^a   Cai, Ling ^a   Giles, Jon T ^c   Gould, Jeff ^b   Tarpinian, Karineh ^b   Betts, Kelly ^a   Medeiros, Michelle ^a   Jeter, Stacie ^b   Tait, Nancy ^a   Chumsri, Saranya ^a   Armstrong, Deborah K ^b   Tan, Ming ^a   Folkerd, Elizabeth ^d   Dowsett, Mitch ^d   Singh, Harvinder ^a   Tkaczuk, Kate ^a   Stearns, Vered ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Aromatase inhibitor; Breast cancer; Musculoskeletal symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BETA ENDORPHIN; ESTRADIOL; EXEMESTANE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LETROZOLE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84874665086     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-013-2427-z     Document Type: Article

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