Acupuncture and Cancer WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Acupuncture and Cancer
Acupuncture is increasingly being used in the fight against cancer to help control the side effects of chemotherapy drugs such as nausea and vomiting.1 Small clinical trials have also determined that acupuncture may be useful in preventing hot flashes in men associated with hormone therapy used to treat prostate cancer.1 It is very important that the acupuncture practitioner use single-use, sterile needles to avoid contamination.1
Fast Facts:
- Recent studies involving breast cancer patients report fewer episodes of depression, dry mouth, headache, constipation and anxiety in patients receiving acupuncture.2
- Can be used to control cancer pain.3
- Some studies point to acupuncture increasing healing time post surgical removal of cancerous tumors.4
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 American Cancer Society: Acupuncture
- ↑ WebMD Health News: Acupuncture Reduces Side Effects from Tamoxifen, Arimidex
- ↑ National Cancer Institute: Acupuncture
- ↑ Acupuncture.com: Acupuncture for Cancer: Integrating Eastern with Western Medicine
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Cancer and acupuncture treatment, Acupuncture Treatments and Cancer, CANCER AND ACUPUNCTURE
- Last update: Feb. 26, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
