Friday 7 April 2017

Systematic review and meta-analysis of acupuncture to reduce cancer-related pain

European Journal of Cancer Care, 2017,  26 (no. 2)
Chiu, H Y; Hsieh, Y J; Tsai, P S

From their review, the authors concluded that acupuncture is effective in relieving cancer-related pain, particularly malignancy-related and surgery-induced pain. Their findings suggest that acupuncture can be adopted as part of a multimodal approach for reducing cancer-related pain.