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ArticleJournal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs2017

The National Cancer Institute's Conference on Acupuncture for Symptom Management in Oncology: State of the Science, Evidence, and Research Gaps.

Farah Z Zia, Oluwadamilola Olaku, Ting Bao, Ann Berger, Gary Deng, Arthur Yin Fan, Mary K Garcia, Patricia M Herman, Ted J Kaptchuk, Elena J Ladas and 9 more

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Article in Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04144309 (The Effect of Acupuncture for Insomnia in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 63 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT04144309 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Acupuncture for Insomnia in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe University of Hong KongRan2019 to 2022Enrolled138ConditionsInsomnia, Secondary, Breast Cancer Female, ChemotherapyArmsElectroacupuncture (EA) and Auricular Acupressure (AA), Sham Electroacupuncture (SE) and Sham Auricular Acupressure (SA)
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Authors and funding

19 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Farah Z ZiaDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Oluwadamilola OlakuDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Ting BaoDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Ann BergerDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Gary DengDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Arthur Yin FanDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Mary K GarciaDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Patricia M HermanDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Ted J KaptchukDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Elena J LadasDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Helene M LangevinDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Lixing LaoDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Weidong LuDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Vitaly NapadowDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Richard C NiemtzowDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Andrew J VickersDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Xin Shelley WangDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Claudia M WittDivision of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Kelly Services, Incorporated, Rockville, MD, and Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD; Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Pain and Palliative Care Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Rockville, MD; McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC, Vienna, VA; Department of General Oncology/Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Health Division, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA; United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD; Department of Symptom Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Jun J Mao
Kelly Services (United States) · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
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Abstract

The Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) held a symposium on "Acupuncture for Cancer Symptom Management" on June 16 and 17, 2016. Invited speakers included 19 scientists and scholars with expertise in acupuncture and cancer research from the United States, Europe, and China. The conference reviewed the NCI's grant funding on acupuncture, analyzed the needs of cancer patients, reviewed safety issues, and assessed both the current scientific evidence and research gaps of acupuncture in oncology care. Researchers and stakeholders presented and discussed basic mechanisms of acupuncture; clinical evidence for specific symptoms; and methodological challenges such as placebo effects, novel biostatistical methods, patient-reported outcomes, and comparative effectiveness research. This paper, resulting from the conference, summarizes both the current state of the science and clinical evidence of oncology acupuncture, identifies key scientific gaps, and makes recommendations for future research to increase understanding of both the mechanisms and effects of acupuncture for cancer symptom management.

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Acupuncture TherapyMedical OncologyBiomedical ResearchDisease ManagementEvidence-Based MedicineHumansNational Cancer Institute (U.S.)NeoplasmsUnited States

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PMID29140486
PMCPMC6061411
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