Electroacupuncture versus gabapentin for hot flashes among breast cancer survivors: A randomized placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 3615-3620

  Mao, Jun J ^a   Bowman, Marjorie A ^b   Xie, Sharon X ^a   Bruner, Deborah ^c   De Michele, Angela ^a   Farrar, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; GABAPENTIN; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TAMOXIFEN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCEBO EFFECT; PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BRUISING; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; XEROSTOMIA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLICATION; HOT FLASHES; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PROCEDURES; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMINES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947236670     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2015.60.9412     Document Type: Article

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