Qigong improves quality of life in women undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1690-1698

  Chen, Zhen ^a   Meng, Zhiqiang ^a   Milbury, Kathrin ^b   Bei, Wenying ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Thornton, Bob ^b   Liao, Zhongxing ^b   Wei, Qi ^b   Chen, Jiayi ^a   Guo, Xiaoma ^a   Liu, Luming ^a   McQuade, Jennifer ^c   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^d   Cohen, Lorenzo ^b,e  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

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

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

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; qigong; quality of life; radiochemotherapy; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QIGONG; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREATHING EXERCISES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDERS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84876681985     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27904     Document Type: Article

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