Scientist in the Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre of the United States carried out many clinical
trials to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture as an alternative therapy
for many cancer-related symptoms. Recently they summarised their results to
determine acupuncture’s role in managing cancer-related symptoms.
They reported that true acupuncture 1) significantly
alleviated pain, reduced dysfunction and dry mouth after neck dissection in
head and neck cancer patients; 2) markedly reduced lymphedema and arm
circumference in the affected arm of patients with breast cancer; 3) obviously
improved salivation production in dry mouth symptom; compared with sham
acupuncture.
Both true acupuncture and sham acupuncture 1) significantly
improved dyspnea of lung or breast cancer patients with dyspnea; 2) significantly
reduced hot flash in patients with breast cancer; 3) significantly alleviated
postoperative ileus in patients undergoing elective colectomy.
Acupuncture was
less effective in relieving fatigue after chemotherapy.
Authors suggest that acupuncture is a potential candidate
for the treatment of some common cancer-related symptoms.
Reference:
B Javdan & B Cassileth, Acupuncture
Research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. J Acupunct Meridian Stud
2015;8(3):115e121. http://www.jams-kpi.com/article/S2005-2901(15)00052-7/abstract
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