07/18/2018 / By Edsel Cook
A Chinese study looked into the use of acupuncture to reduce the occurrence of lymphedema in breast cancer patients. It determined that the traditional Chinese medicinal approach could be a convenient and cost-effective way to manage the symptoms of the breast cancer-related disease.
The Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine conducted the study. Its findings were published in the medical journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
The researchers concluded that acupuncture has the potential to complement or even replace conventional means of treating lymphedema.
Read the full text of the study at this link. Or you can read more articles about cancer-related symptoms at Cancer.news.
Journal Reference:
Zhu H, Li J, Peng Z, Huang Y, Lu X, Song L, Zhou G, Lin S, Chen J, He B, et al. EFFECTIVENESS OF ACUPUNCTURE FOR BREAST CANCER-RELATED LYMPHEDEMA: PROTOCOL FOR A SINGLE-BLIND, SHAM-CONTROLLED, RANDOMIZED, MULTICENTER TRIAL. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2017;17(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12906-017-1980-0.
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