Systematic review of acupuncture in cancer care:A synthesis of the evidence

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 952-960

  Kay Garcia, M ^a,b,c   Mcquade, Jennifer ^d   Haddad, Robin ^a   Patel, Sonya ^c   Lee, Richard ^a   Yang, Peiying ^a   Lynn Palmer, J ^a   Cohen, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine   (United States)

^c MHealth Multidisciplinary Pain Management Program   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING; CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEPRESSION; EMBASE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; ILEUS; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; MOOD DISORDERS; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84875709278     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.43.5818     Document Type: Article

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