Acupuncture in the treatment of cancer-related psychological symptoms

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 371-385

  Haddad, Nadia Elisabeth ^a   Palesh, Oxana ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acupuncture; anxiety; cancer; Chinese medicine; depression; insomnia; methodology; neoplasms; psychiatry; psychology; quality of life; sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FLUOXETINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR BETA SUBUNIT; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; VENLAFAXINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLOPATHY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHINESE MEDICINE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMAN; MASSAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 84906054728     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735413520181     Document Type: Article

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