Acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2067-2073

  Posadzki, Paul ^a,b   Moon, Tae Woong ^a   Choi, Tae Young ^a   Park, Tae Yong ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,b   Ernst, Edzard ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cancer; Effectiveness; Fatigue; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELATED FATIGUE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84878740546     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1765-z     Document Type: Review

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