Recently
a group of scientists and clinicians in Poland studies many clinical trials
about the effectiveness of acupuncture therapy to cancer patients with
different conditions. They suggest that acupuncture could be a route addition
to cancer treatment. The study was published in journal of Contemporary
Oncology.
The
scientists and clinicians looked at effect of acupuncture on different
conditions including nausea and chemotherapy-induced vomiting, cancer pain,
chemotherapy-induced leucopoenia, radiation induced xerostomia, hot flushes,
anxiety-like behavioural and stress, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy,
cancer-related fatigue, hiccup and lymphoedema. They found that acupuncture treatment
improved all symptoms mentioned above. The improvement was rated from moderate
to significant.
They
also summarized the mechanisms of action of acupuncture ranging from
anti-inflammation, neural modulation, regulation of neuropeptide release and
modulating multi-signal pathways related to the activities of immune systems.
The
authors suggest that acupuncture could a part of route modality of modern oncology
although more studies about procedural methodology are needed.
Reference
A Kilian-Kita et al., Acupuncture: could it
become everyday practice in oncology? Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2016; 20 (2):
119–123. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4925730/
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