Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 193-200

  Zeng, Yingchun ^a   Luo, Taizhen ^a   Finnegan John, Jennifer ^b   Cheng, Andy S K ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

acupuncture; cancer related fatigue; meta analysis; quality of life; randomized controlled trials (RCTs)

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELATED FATIGUE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; EFFECT SIZE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPLICATION; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84900798941     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735413510024     Document Type: Article

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