Effects of acupuncture on leucopenia, neutropenia, NK, and B cells in cancer patients: a randomized pilot study
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Title
Effects of acupuncture on leucopenia, neutropenia, NK, and B cells in cancer patients: a randomized pilot study
Author(s)
Journal Publication
Date
2014
volume
2014
Research Type
RCT
Keywords
Abstract
Chemotherapy is one of most significant therapeutic approaches to cancer. Immune system functional state is considered a major prognostic and predictive impact on the success of chemotherapy and it has an important role on patients' psychoemotional state and quality of life. In Chinese medicine, chemotherapy is understood as "toxic cold" that may induce a progressive hypofunctional state of immune system, thus compromising the fast recovery of immunity during chemotherapy. In this study, we performed a standardized acupuncture and moxibustion protocol to enhance immunity in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and to assess if the improvement of immunity status correlates with a better psychoemotional state and quality of life.
doi
10.1155/2014/217397
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has health condition studied
Neoplasms
plan
>1/WK
has study population number
18
has duration
3 Weeks