Acupuncture Research and Evidence-Based Outcomes
The links below include highlights of acupuncture research and evidence-based outcomes in cancer care and survivorship. This is provided for informational purposes only. Patients should discuss this or any other treatments with their health care provider.
Acupuncture in Cancer Treatment
- The Value of Acupuncture in Cancer Care
- Acupuncture and The Cancer Patient
- Acupuncture and Cancer
- Traditional Chinese Medicine for cancer-related symptoms
- The Role of Acupuncture in Cancer Supportive Care
- Acupuncture Improves Exercise Tolerance in Heart Patients, German Study Finds
- Acupuncture for gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders
- Acupuncture: Integration into Cancer Care
Integrative Oncology
- The Western model of integrative oncology: The contribution of Chinese medicine
- Integrative Oncology: Managing Cancer Pain with Complementary and Alternative Therapies
- Integrative Cancer Therapies
- Acupuncture's Role in Comprehensive Cancer Care
- Effect of an Integrated Support Programme on the Concerns and Well-being of Women with Breast Cancer
Neuropathy
- Multiple myeloma, painful neuropathy, acupuncture?
- Acupuncture treatment for bortezomib-induced peripheral neuropathy: a case report
- Evaluation of acupuncture in the management of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
- Clinical randomized controlled study on acupuncture for treatment of peripheral neuropathy
Acupuncture Reduces Nausea And Vomiting, Pain After Major Breast Surgery
Nausea
- A randomized controlled comparison of electro-acupoint stimulation or ondansetron versus placebo for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting
- Acustimulation wristbands for the relief of chemotherapy-induced nausea
- Systematic review of acupuncture in cancer care: a synthesis of the evidence
Fatigue
- Acupuncture for Cancer-Related Fatigue in Patients With Breast Cancer: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial
- Acupuncture for postchemotherapy fatigue: a phase II study
Hot Flashes
- Acupuncture in the treatment of menopause-related symptoms in women taking tamoxifen
- Acupuncture relieves menopausal discomfort in breast cancer patients: A prospective, double blinded, randomized study
- Acupuncture for Hot Flashes: Decision Making by Breast Cancer Survivors
- Randomized, controlled trial of acupuncture for the treatment of hot flashes in breast cancer patients
- Psychological well-being improves in women with breast cancer after treatment with applied elaxation or electro-acupuncture for vasomotor symptom
Pain Management
- Acupuncture Changes Brain's Perception and Processing of Pain, Researchers Find
- Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation potentiates analgesic effect of morphine
- Acupuncture at Hegu (LI 4) for 18 cases of pain during CT-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in hepatic tumor patients
- Effects of electroacupuncture on intraoperative and postoperative analgesic requirement
Quality of Life and Mental Health Impact
- Quality of life of breast cancer patients medicated with anti-estrogens, 2 years after acupuncture treatment: a qualitative study
- Acupuncture as palliative therapy for physical symptoms and quality of life for advanced cancer patients
- Acupuncture Social for Chemotherapy Ovarian Cancer
- Psychological well-being improves in women with breast cancer after treatment with applied relaxation or electro-acupuncture for vasomotor symptom
- Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment: does integrating complementary medicine have something to add?
- Acupuncture treatment for insomnia and acupuncture analgesia
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