Novel intervention with acupuncture for anorexia and cachexia in patients with gastrointestinal tract cancers: A feasibility Study

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages E102-E109

  Yoon, Saunjoo L ^a,b   Grundmann, Oliver ^a,b   Williams, Joseph J ^c   Carriere, Gwen ^d  

^a Department of Adult and Elderly Nursing ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Sunshine Integrative Health   (United States)

^d North Florida Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Anorexia; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Cachexia; Gastrointestinal tract cancers; Unintentional weight loss

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BODY MASS INDEX; CACHEXIA; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84924428104     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/15.ONF.E102-E109     Document Type: Article

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