The potential role for acupuncture in treating symptoms in patients with lung cancer: An observational longitudinal study

Current Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 152-157

  Kasymjanova, G ^a,b   Grossman, M ^a,b   Tran, T ^a   Jagoe, R T ^b,c   Cohen, V ^a,b   Pepe, C ^a,b   Small, D ^a,b   Agulnik, J ^a,b  

^a Peter Brojde Lung Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Edmonton symptom assessment system; ESAS; Integrative oncology clinics; Lung cancer; Narcotics; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84878759439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.20.1312     Document Type: Article

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