Randomised controlled trial comparing hypnotherapy versus gabapentin for the treatment of hot flashes in breast cancer survivors: A pilot study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  David, Shannon MacLaughlan ^a   Salzillo, Sandra ^b   Bowe, Patrick ^c   Scuncio, Sandra ^b   Malit, Bridget ^d   Raker, Christina ^b   Gass, Jennifer S ^b   Granai, C O ^b   Dizon, Don S ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Providence Hypnosis Center   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HOT FLASH RELATED DAILY INTERFERENCE SCALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTHERAPY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84885359301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003138     Document Type: Article

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