What is the evidence for the use of acupuncture as an intervention for symptom management in cancer supportive and palliative care: An integrative overview of reviews

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2913-2923

  Towler, P ^a   Molassiotis, A ^a   Brearley, S G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cancer; Complex intervention; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MORPHINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ANXIETY; ARTHRALGIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING; DEPRESSION; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUTROPENIA; OVARY CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84884289597     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1882-8     Document Type: Review

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