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An Evidence-Based Review of Acupuncture as an Adjunctive Therapy in Comprehensive Cancer Care

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The use of acupuncture as an adjunctive therapy for cancer has been increasing over several decades. While there has only been one Cochrane review completed in this area, with another at the protocol stage, several high-quality RCTs have been published in the last decade. These studies have focused on the effect of acupuncture on managing many of the disabling symptoms associated with radiation therapy, chemotherapy or surgical intervention. These include conditions such as nausea, pain control, xerostomia and fatigue. This chapter will report on the current evidence for using acupuncture for these conditions as well as some of the problems associated with designing and implementing a rigorous acupuncture clinical trial.

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  1. College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Department of Medical and Molecular Biosciences, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

    Christopher Zaslawski

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  1. , Advanced Institute of Convergence Techno, Seoul National University, Seoul, 443-270, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Kwang-Sup Soh

  2. , Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, 40292, Kentucky, USA

    Kyung A. Kang

  3. , Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

    David K Harrison

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Zaslawski, C. (2012). An Evidence-Based Review of Acupuncture as an Adjunctive Therapy in Comprehensive Cancer Care. In: Soh, KS., Kang, K., Harrison, D. (eds) The Primo Vascular System. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0601-3_42

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