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- Title
A safety and efficacy pilot study of acupuncture for the treatment of chronic lymphoedema.
- Authors
Cassileth, Barrie R; Van Zee, Kimberly J; Chan, Yi; Coleton, Marci I; Hudis, Clifford A; Cohen, Sara; Lozada, James; Vickers, Andrew J
- Abstract
Lymphoedema is a distressing problem affecting many women after breast cancer surgery. There is no cure and existing treatments are marginally beneficial, rarely reducing arm swelling in any meaningful way. Needling and even lifting of objects using the affected arm has been prohibited, but our clinical experience and that of others suggested that acupuncture was safe and that it might be a useful treatment for lymphoedema.
- Publication
Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society, 2011, Vol 29, Issue 3, p170
- ISSN
1759-9873
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/aim.2011.004069