Effect of massage therapy on stress levels and quality of life in brain tumor patients—observations from a pilot study

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[1] Keir ST(2007)Stress and long-term survivors of brain cancer Support Care Cancer 15 1423-1428

[2] Swartz JJ(2006)Stress and intervention preferences of patients with brain tumors Support Care Cancer 14 1213-1219

[3] Friedman HS(2008)Screening for distress in patients with brain cancer using the NCCN’s rapid screening measure Psycho-oncology 17 621-625

[4] Keir ST(1996)Cognitive dysfunction following surgery for intracerebral glioma: influence of histopathology, lesion location, and treatment J Neurooncol 30 61-69

[5] Guill AB(2006)Predictors of distress in caregivers of persons with a primary malignant brain tumor Res Nurs Health 29 105-120

[6] Carter KE(1998)The brain tumor experience and quality of life: a qualitative study J Neurosci Nurs 30 245-252

[7] Friedman HS(2002)Predicting major depression in brain tumor patients Psychooncology 11 230-238

[8] Keir ST(2008)Distress persists in long-term brain tumor survivors with glioblastoma multiforme J Cancer Surviv 2 269-274

[9] Calhoun-Eagan RD(2005)Integrative oncology: complementary therapies for pain, anxiety, and mood disturbance CA Cancer J Clin 55 109-116

[10] Swartz JJ(2005)A randomized controlled trial of meditation and massage effects on quality of life in people with late-stage disease: a pilot study J Palliat Med 8 939-952