Acupuncture for cancer pain in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Paley, Carole A ^a   Johnson, Mark I ^b   Tashani, Osama A ^b   Bagnall, Anne Marie ^b  

^a AIREDALE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADVANCED CANCER; ANALGESIA; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE; COMPLICATION; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ACUPUNCTURE, EAR; ADULT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84979851563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007753.pub3     Document Type: Review

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