The effect of complementary and alternative medicine on quality of life, depression, anxiety, and fatigue levels among cancer patients during active oncology treatment: phase II study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1979-1985

  Bar Sela, Gil ^a,c   Danos, Sara ^a   Visel, Bella ^a   Mashiach, Tanya ^b   Mitnik, Inbal ^a  

^a Division of Oncology   (Israel)

^b Quality Assurance Unit   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer patients; Complementary and alternative medicine; Depression; Fatigue; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; COLON CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANXIETY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84930227378     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2560-1     Document Type: Article

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