SynthesisCurrent oncology reports2014
Acupuncture for symptom management in cancer care: an update.
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- Acupuncture for radiation-induced toxicity in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review based on PICO criteria.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022Pooled it
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- Methodological Review: Summary of Findings for Acupuncture as Treatment for Cancer Therapy-induced Xerostomia.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Pooled it
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- Prophylactic Acupuncture Treatment During Chemotherapy in Patients With Breast Cancer: Results of a Qualitative Study Nested in a Randomized Pragmatic Trial.Integrative cancer therapiesTrial
- Data Analysis for Modeling the Effect of Acupuncture on Postchemotherapy Cancer Fatigue in Gynecologic Oncology Patients.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2022Article
- Overcoming Barriers for Clinical Research of Acupuncture.Medical acupuncture · 2020Review
- Acupressure to Reduce Treatment-Related Symptoms for Children With Cancer and Recipients of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Global advances in health and medicine · 2019Article
- Inpatient Acupuncture at a Major Cancer Center.Integrative cancer therapies · 2018Article
- A Survey of Licensed Acupuncturists in the San Francisco Bay Area: Prevalence of Treating Oncology Patients.Integrative cancer therapies · 2018Article
- Acupuncture and Related Therapies for Treatment of Postoperative Ileus in Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Review
- Current Treatments for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphoedema: A Systematic ReviewAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2016Article
- Characteristics and Symptom Burden of Patients Accessing Acupuncture Services at a Cancer Hospital.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
- Association Between Acupoint Selection, Target Symptoms, and Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis in Real-Time Clinical Practice in a Comprehensive Cancer Center.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
- Acupuncture for Hot Flashes in Cancer Patients: Clinical Characteristics and Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis as Predictors of Treatment Response.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
In a previous systematic review of the worldwide literature of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving needle insertion into acupuncture points for symptom management in cancer patients, we identified only one high-quality RCT that was deemed to have a low risk of bias. Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane (all databases), Scopus, and PubMed were searched from inception through December 2011 with no language limits applied. A total of 41 RCTs met all inclusion criteria and were rated. In the current review, we examined 18 trials published since our last report. The purpose of this update was to emphasize important recent findings and discuss how concerns such as blinding, separating non-specific placebo effects from specific needling effects, determining biologic mechanisms and dosing parameters, evaluating determinants of response such as expectation, controlling for sources of bias, and the lack of standardization in treatment and study methods may affect the interpretation of study results.
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