Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 209-213, December 2011

Acupuncture as Cancer Symptom Therapy: What a Difference a Decade Makes

  • Peter A.S. Johnstone

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Indiana University School of Medicine, Radiation Oncology Department, 535 Barnhill Drive (RT041), Indianapolis, IN 46020, USA.

Chair and William A. Mitchell Professor of Radiation Oncology, USA

Received 9 September 2011; accepted 26 September 2011. published online 15 November 2011.

Abstract 

The author reviews the use of acupuncture in cancer symptom management based on mainly what his group has done for the past 10 years and new directions are presented for the future investigations.

Keywords: acupuncture, symptom management, cancer

 

PII: S2005-2901(11)00026-4

doi:10.1016/j.jams.2011.09.011

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 209-213, December 2011

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