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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Acupuncture as Palliative Therapy for Physical Symptoms and Quality of Life for Advanced Cancer Patients -- Dean-Clower et al. 9 (2): 158 -- Integrative Cancer Therapies



"Ambulatory patients with advanced ovarian or breast cancer were enrolled to receive treatments at an outpatient academic oncology center."

Conclusions.
This pilot study demonstrates that an 8-week outpatient acupuncture course is feasible for advanced cancer patients and produces a measurable benefit that should be evaluated in controlled trials.