Acupuncture as a Complementary Therapy in Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
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Acupuncture as a complementary therapy in chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
The effect of acupuncture on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting has been studied over the past 20 years, and clinical evidence gathered to date has been favorable. Current practice guidelines recommend acupuncture as a complementary therapy for uncontrolled nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy. Nevertheless, a placebo effect may have been present in studies that had no control grou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0899-8280,1525-3252
DOI: 10.1080/08998280.2009.11928494