Effects of acupuncture on leucopenia, neutropenia, nk, and b cells in cancer patients: A Randomized pilot study

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pais, Irene ^a   Correia, Nuno ^a,b   Pimentel, Isabel ^b   Teles, Maria José ^a,b   Neves, Esmeralda ^c   Vasconcelos, Júlia ^c   Guimarães, Judite ^c   Azevedo, Nancy ^c   Moreira Pinto, António ^d   MacHado, Jorge ^a,e   Efferth, Thomas ^f   Greten, Henry J ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Department of Vascular Surgery   (Portugal)

^c Centro Hospitalar Universitario do Porto   (Portugal)

^d Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho   (Portugal)

^e Oporto Biomechanics Laboratory   (Portugal)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g Heidelberg School of Chinese Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOXIBUSTION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

EID: 84926490984     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/217397     Document Type: Article

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