ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2013
Exploring the Needs and Concerns of Women with Early Breast Cancer during Chemotherapy: Valued Outcomes during a Course of Traditional Acupuncture.
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- Factors influencing the utilization of Traditional Chinese Medicine in cancer treatment: a qualitative meta-synthesis of patient and healthcare professional perspectives.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Kinesiology Taping on breast cancer-related lymphedema: a randomized single-blind controlled pilot study.BioMed research international · 2013Trial
- Acupuncture in cancer care: recommendations for safe practice (peer-reviewed expert opinion).Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Review
- Current Usage of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Breast Cancer-A Narrative Approach to the Experiences of Women with Breast Cancer in Australia-A Pilot Study.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Article
- Using psychological theory and qualitative methods to develop a new evidence-based website about acupuncture for back pain.European journal of integrative medicine · 2016Article
- "The Monkey on Your Shoulder": A Qualitative Study of Lymphoedema Patients' Attitudes to and Experiences of Acupuncture and Moxibustion.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2016Article
- What is traditional acupuncture--exploring goals and processes of treatment in the context of women with early breast cancer.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2014Article
- Acupuncture and Reflexology for Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Cohort Study.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
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Abstract
Women diagnosed with breast cancer experience symptom clusters in addition to existential issues from a life-threatening diagnosis during chemotherapy. A complementary therapy, such as traditional acupuncture (TA) with its whole-person orientation, may help to modify these effects, alongside inducing other patient benefits. Exploring the needs and concerns of women and perceived benefits of TA would add to knowledge about its integrative treatment potential. Methods. A longitudinal qualitative study recruited fourteen women to receive up to ten sessions of TA during chemotherapy. They were interviewed before, during, and after chemotherapy. Two practitioners of TA delivered treatment and were interviewed before and after the study, and kept treatment logs and diaries. Interviews were recorded and transcribed, and the data were analysed using grounded theory. Findings. Both broad and specific benefits were reported by the women; a highly valued outcome was enabling coping through the alleviation of symptoms and increased well-being. Practitioners dealt with the presented symptom clusters facilitating outcome patterns, including and beyond individual symptom changes. Further research on TA as a flexible intervention able to respond to the changing needs and concerns of woman during chemotherapy along with the measure of such outcome patterns is warranted.
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