Acupuncture for Hot Flashes in Cancer Patients: Clinical Characteristics and Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis as Predictors of Treatment Response.

Wenli LiuAiham QdaisatGabriel LopezSanthosshi NarayananSusan UnderwoodMichael SpanoAkhila ReddyYing GuoShouhao ZhouSai-Ching YeungEduardo BrueraM Kay GarciaLorenzo Cohen

Published in: Integrative cancer therapies (2019)

TCM diagnosis and other patient characteristics were predictors of treatment response to acupuncture for hot flashes in cancer patients. Future research is needed to further explore predictors that could help tailor acupuncture treatments for these patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
current status
patient reported outcomes
replacement therapy
combination therapy