Acupuncture for Cancer-Related Fatigue in Patients With Breast Cancer

A recent paper in the American Society of Clinical Oncology entitled 'Acupuncture for Cancer-Related Fatigue in Patients With Breast Cancer: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial' was published in 2012. The purpose of the research was to asses the effectiveness of acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in patients with breast cancer. The researches set up a pragmatic, randomized controlled trial comparing acupuncture with enhanced usual cancer care. The participants included 302 outpatients with breast cancer. There was a random assignment of 1:3 ratio with 75 participants receiving the usual cancer care and the remaining 227 participants received usual care plus acupuncture treatments.

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