Herbal medicine and acupuncture for breast cancer palliative care and adjuvant therapy

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liao, Guo Shiou ^a   Apaya, Maria Karmella ^b   Shyur, Lie Fen ^b,c  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHINESE DRUG; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CISPLATIN; CURCUMIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLAVONOID; FLUOROURACIL; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; GEMCITABINE; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN; MITOXANTRONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHODIOLA EXTRACT; SCUTELLARIA BARBATA EXTRACT; TAMOXIFEN; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED ANEMIA; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLITIS; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEART DISEASE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSOMNIA; JAUNDICE; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG TOXICITY; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MEDICINAL MUSHROOM; MONOTHERAPY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84880162534     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/437948     Document Type: Article

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