Effect of acupuncture for radioactive-iodine-induced anorexia in thyroid cancer patients: A randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled pilot study

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 221-230

  Jeon, Ju Hyun ^a   Yoon, Jeungwon ^a   Cho, Chong Kwan ^a   Jung, In Chul ^a   Kim, Sungchul ^b   Lee, Suk Hoon ^c   Yoo, Hwa Seung ^a  

^a Daejeon University   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

acupuncture; anorexia; FAACT; radioactive iodine; thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF ANOREXIA AND CACHEXIA TREATMENT ANOREXIA CACHEXIA SUBSCALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY GENERAL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROID CANCER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; BLOOD; CACHEXIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION INJURIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CACHEXIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIATION INJURIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927943143     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735415570634     Document Type: Article

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