Effects of Acupuncture on Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment in Chinese Gynecological Cancer Patients: A Pilot Cohort Study.
Ying-Chun ZengAndy S K ChengTing SongXiujie ShengShaojing WangJianfei XieChetwyn C H ChanPublished in: Integrative cancer therapies (2018)
This pilot study indicates that acupuncture is a promising intervention in treating CRCI in gynecological cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy; however, it requires evaluation in larger randomized controlled studies to definitively assess its benefit. By using a multimodal imaging approach, this pilot study also provides novel insights into the neurobiological basis of cognitive impairment on the human brain that has been induced by cancer and/or its treatment.
Keyphrases
- cognitive impairment
- papillary thyroid
- patients undergoing
- squamous cell
- randomized controlled trial
- high resolution
- double blind
- pain management
- open label
- squamous cell carcinoma
- placebo controlled
- lymph node metastasis
- mass spectrometry
- locally advanced
- photodynamic therapy
- chronic pain
- young adults
- fluorescence imaging