Acupuncture and moxibustion for cancer-related fatigue: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3067-3074

  He, Xi Ran ^a,b   Wang, Quan ^c   Li, Ping Ping ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cancer; Fatigue; Meta analysis; Moxibustion; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOXIBUSTION; NEOPLASM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MOXIBUSTION; NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880377644     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.5.3067     Document Type: Article

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