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Effects of Acupuncture on Leucopenia, Neutropenia, NK, and B Cells in Cancer Patients: A Randomized Pilot Study

Published:2014 Issue: Volume:2014 Page:1-9
ISSN:1741-427X
Container-title:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Author:

Pais Irene¹,Correia Nuno¹²,Pimentel Isabel³,Teles Maria José⁴⁵,Neves Esmeralda⁶,Vasconcelos Júlia⁶,Guimarães Judite⁶,Azevedo Nancy⁶,Moreira Pinto António⁷,Machado Jorge¹⁸,Efferth Thomas⁹,Greten Henry J.¹¹⁰

Affiliation:

1. Instituto Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira No. 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal

2. Service of Emergency, Internal Medicine, Hospital Center of S. João, Oporto, Portugal

3. Service of Oncology, Hospital Center of S. João, Oporto, Portugal

4. Service of Clinical Pathology, Hospital Center of S. João, Oporto, Portugal

5. ISPUP-EPI Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of Oporto, Portugal

6. Service of Clinical Pathology, Porto Hospital Center, Oporto, Portugal

7. Department of Oncology, Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Portugal

8. Oporto Biomechanics Laboratory, Portugal

9. Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany

10. Heidelberg School of Chinese Medicine, Germany

Abstract

Chemotherapy is one of most significant therapeutic approaches to cancer. Immune system functional state is considered a major prognostic and predictive impact on the success of chemotherapy and it has an important role on patients’ psychoemotional state and quality of life. In Chinese medicine, chemotherapy is understood as “toxic cold” that may induce a progressive hypofunctional state of immune system, thus compromising the fast recovery of immunity during chemotherapy. In this study, we performed a standardized acupuncture and moxibustion protocol to enhance immunity in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and to assess if the improvement of immunity status correlates with a better psychoemotional state and quality of life.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Complementary and alternative medicine

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2014/217397.pdf

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