Use of acupuncture to alleviate side effects in radiation oncology: Current evidence and future directions

Advances in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 344-350

  Asadpour, Rebecca ^a,c   Meng, Zhiqiang ^d   Kessel, Kerstin A ^a,b   Combs, Stephanie E ^a,b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Deutsches Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung DKTK Partner Site München   (Germany)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; HUMAN; PUBLICATION;

EID: 84992111911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24521094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2016.08.002     Document Type: Review

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