A systematic review of complementary and alternative medicine interventions for the management of cancer-related fatigue

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 276-290

  Finnegan John, Jennifer ^a   Molassiotis, Alex ^b   Richardson, Alison ^c   Ream, Emma ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer related fatigue; complementary and alternative medicine; interventions; RCT; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMED; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIOMEDICINE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER RELATED FATIGUE; CANCER THERAPY; EMBASE; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

CANCER-RELATED FATIGUE; COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; INTERVENTIONS; RCT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FATIGUE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; NEOPLASMS; PANAX; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879387333     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735413485816     Document Type: Review

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