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Acupuncture & Xerostomia (Dry Mouth)

CONCLUSIONS:
Acupuncture palliates xerostomia for many patients. A regimen of three to four weekly treatments followed by monthly sessions is now recommended, although some patients achieve lasting response without further therapy.

Source: Radiation Oncology Service, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California 92134-1014, USA. pajohnstone@nmcsd.navy.mil Copyright 2002 American Cancer Society. DOI 10.1002/cncr.10348

Acupuncture treatment of patients with radiation-induced xerostomia

Source: Department of Cariology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.

Acupuncture for Tamoxifen Side Effects

A study carried out at at Mount Vernon Hospital in Middlesex, England, has found that traditional acupuncture is able to relieve the hot flushes that many women experience when taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer. Of 54 women on tamoxifen suffering from side effects of flushes or sweats before the treatment, 36% reported that their symptoms had decreased by 50% or more, while 89% reported some improvement. These positive results were maintained after treatment had ended. Personal accounts also showed that the women felt their energy levels had increased, that they could do more, and that their overall quality of life had improved after acupuncture.

(UK Complementary Health Care Conference, 5th December 2002).

 

Acupuncture in the rehabilitation of women after breast cancer surgery--a case series

CONCLUSIONS:
Acupuncture in rehabilitation after breast cancer surgery was shown to be associated with improvements in movement amplitude of the shoulder, symptoms of heaviness and tightness in the arm, and the degree of lymphoedema. However, controlled trials should be performed to ascertain whether the results were due to the natural history of the complaint or the acupuncture treatment.

Source: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, Brazil.

Acupuncture Protects White Blood Cells During Chemotherapy

CONCLUSIONS:
We observed clinically relevant trends of higher WBC values during one cycle of chemotherapy in patients with ovarian cancer, which suggests a potential myeloprotective effect of acupuncture. A larger trial is warranted to more definitively determine the efficacy of acupuncture on clinically important outcomes of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia.

Source: Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Weidong_lu@dfci.harvard.edu

Acupuncture & Massage after Cancer Surgery

Symptom management with massage and acupuncture in postoperative cancer patients: a randomized controlled trial.
Mehling WE, Jacobs B, Acree M, Wilson L, Bostrom A, West J, Acquah J, Burns B, Chapman J, Hecht FM


Source: Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94115, USA. mehlingw@ocim.ucsf.edu

Acupuncture Improves Cancer Fatigue

Pilot, randomized, modified, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue.
Balk J, Day R, Rosenzweig M, Beriwal S.

Source Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

Acupuncture For Drymouth

CONCLUSIONS:
This study shows that acupuncture treatment results in statistically significant improvements in SFR in patients with xerostomia up to 6 months. It suggests that additional acupuncture therapy can maintain this improvement in SFR for up to 3 years.

Source: Department of Clinical Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Karolinska Institute, Box 4064, S-141 04 Huddinge, Sweden.

Acupuncture for Cancer-Related Fatigue

CONCLUSION:
Acupuncture shows great potential in the management of cancer-related fatigue. As a randomised trial with acupuncture is feasible and preliminary data shows significant improvements, it should be tested further using a large sample and a multicentre design.

Source: University of Manchester, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, Coupland III, Coupland Street, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. alex.molassiotis@manchester.ac.uk

Acupuncture & Cancer Pain

CONCLUSION:
The observed reduction in pain intensity measured on the VAS represents a clear benefit from auricular acupuncture for these cancer patients who are in pain, despite stable analgesic treatment.

Source Pain Management Unit, INSERM, U521, Villejuif, France.

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