Acupuncture for palliative cancer pain management: systematic review.

Juan YangDietlind L Wahner-RoedlerXuan ZhouLesley A JohnsonAlex DoDeirdre R PachmanTony Y ChonManisha SalinasDenise MillstineBrent A Bauer

Published in: BMJ supportive & palliative care (2021)

Acupuncture may be an effective and safe treatment associated with pain reduction in the palliative care of patients with cancer. Further high-quality, adequately powered studies are needed in the future.

Keyphrases

pain management
palliative care
systematic review
chronic pain
advanced cancer
papillary thyroid
meta analyses
squamous cell
case control
spinal cord
young adults
combination therapy
childhood cancer