123
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Commentary

Acupuncture For The Management of Cancer-Related Pain?

&
Pages 345-349 | Received 06 Mar 2017, Accepted 12 May 2017, Published online: 22 Sep 2017

References

  • Van Den Beuken-Van Everdingen MHJ , De RijkeJM , KesselsAG , SchoutenHC , Van KleefM , PatijnJ . Prevalence of pain in patients with cancer: a systematic review of the past 40 years . Ann. Oncol.18 ( 9 ), 1437 – 1449 ( 2007 ).
  • Portenoy RK . Treatment of cancer pain . Lancet377 ( 9784 ), 2236 – 2247 ( 2011 ).
  • White A . Western medical acupuncture: a definition . Acupunct. Med.27 ( 1 ), 33 – 35 ( 2009 ).
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) . Headaches in over 12s: diagnosis and management . Clinical Guideline (CG150) , 3 – 30 ( 2015 ).
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) . Early management of persistent non-specific low back pain . Clinical Guideline (CG 88) , 1 – 25 ( 2009 ).
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) . Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management . Clinical Guideline (NG59) , 1 – 18 ( 2016 ).
  • Chou R , DeyoR , FriedlyJet al. Nonpharmacologic therapies for low back pain: a systematic review for an American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline . Ann. Intern. Med.166 ( 7 ), 493 – 505 ( 2017 ).
  • Filshie J . Acupuncture for malignant pain . Acupunct. Med.8 ( 2 ), 38 – 39 ( 1990 ).
  • Filshie J , HesterJ . Guidelines for providing acupuncture treatment for cancer patients - a peer-reviewed sample policy document . Acupuct. Med.24 ( 4 ), 172 – 182 ( 2006 ).
  • Filshie J , RubinoC . Promising results of auriculoacupuncture in the treatment of cancer pain . Focus Altern. Complement. Ther.9 ( 2 ), 132 – 133 ( 2004 ).
  • Alimi D , RubinoC , Pichard-LeandriE , Fermand-BruleS , Dubreuil-LemaireML , HillC . Analgesic effect of auricular acupuncture for cancer pain: a randomized, blinded, controlled trial . J. Clin. Oncol.21 ( 22 ), 4120 – 4126 ( 2003 ).
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) . Improving supportive and palliative care for adults with cancer . Cancer Service Guideline [CSG4] , 1 – 204 ( 2004 ).
  • Derry CJ , DerryS , McQuayHJ , MooreRA . Systematic review of systematic reviews of acupuncture published 1996–2005 . Clin. Med.6 ( 4 ), 381 – 386 ( 2006 ).
  • Vickers AJ , CroninAM , MaschinoACet al. Acupuncture for chronic pain: individual patient data meta-analysis . Arch. Intern. Med.172 ( 19 ), 1444 – 1453 ( 2012 ).
  • MacPherson H , MaschinoAC , LewithGet al. Characteristics of acupuncture treatment associated with outcome: an individual patient meta-analysis of 17,922 patients with chronic pain in randomised controlled trials . PLoS One8 ( 10 ), e77438 ( 2013 ).
  • MacPherson H , VertosickEA , FosterNEet al. The persistence of the effects of acupuncture after a course of treatment: a meta-analysis of patients with chronic pain . Pain158 ( 5 ), 784 – 793 ( 2017 ).
  • Towler P , MolassiotisA , BrearleySG . What is the evidence for the use of acupuncture as an intervention for symptom management in cancer supportive and palliative care: an integrative overview of reviews . Supp. Care Cancer21 ( 10 ), 2913 – 2923 ( 2013 ).
  • Lian WL , PanMQ , ZhouDH , ZhangZJ . Effectiveness of acupuncture for palliative care in cancer patients: a systematic review . Chin. J. Integr. Med.20 ( 2 ), 136 – 147 ( 2014 ).
  • Wu X , ChungVC , HuiEPet al. Effectiveness of acupuncture and related therapies for palliative care of cancer: overview of systematic reviews . Sci. Rep.5 , 16776 ( 2015 ).
  • Chien TJ , LiuCY , ChangYF , FangCJ , HsuCH . Acupuncture for treating aromatase inhibitor-related arthralgia in breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis . J. Altern. Complem. Med.21 ( 5 ), 251 – 260 ( 2015 ).
  • Paley CA , JohnsonMI , TashaniOA , BagnallAM . Acupuncture for cancer pain in adults . Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. ( 1 ), CD007753 ( 2011 ).
  • Lau CH , WuX , ChungVCet al. Acupuncture and related therapies for symptom management in palliative cancer care: systematic review and meta-analysis . Medicine (Baltimore)95 ( 9 ), e2901 ( 2016 ).
  • Hu C , ZhangH , WuWet al. Acupuncture for pain management in cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis . Evid. Based Complement. Alternat. Med. 2016 , 1720239 ( 2016 ).
  • Kim KH , KimDH , KimHY , SonGM . Acupuncture for recovery after surgery in patients undergoing colorectal cancer resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis . Acupunct. Med.34 ( 4 ), 248 – 256 ( 2016 ).
  • Chiu HY , HsiehYJ , TsaiPS . Systematic review and meta-analysis of acupuncture to reduce cancer-related pain . Eur. J. Cancer Care26 ( 2 ), ( 2017 ).
  • Moore RA , GavaghanD , TramerMR , CollinsSL , McquayHJ . Size is everything--large amounts of information are needed to overcome random effects in estimating direction and magnitude of treatment effects . Pain78 ( 3 ), 209 – 216 ( 1998 ).
  • Dechartres A , TrinquartL , BoutronI , RavaudP . Influence of trial sample size on treatment effect estimates: meta-epidemiological study . BMJ346 , f2304 ( 2013 ).
  • Moore RA , DerryS , WiffenPJ . Challenges in design and interpretation of chronic pain trials . Br. J. Anaesth.111 ( 1 ), 38 – 45 ( 2013 ).
  • Moore RA , EdwardsJE , McQuayHJ . Acute pain: individual patient meta-analysis shows the impact of different ways of analysing and presenting results . Pain116 ( 3 ), 322 – 331 ( 2005 ).
  • Dworkin RH , TurkDC , McDermottMPet al. Interpreting the clinical importance of group differences in chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations . Pain146 ( 3 ), 238 – 244 ( 2009 ).
  • White A , CummingsM , BarlasPet al. Defining an adequate dose of acupuncture using a neurophysiological approach – a narrative review of the literature . Acupunct. Med.26 ( 2 ), 111 – 120 ( 2008 ).
  • Ezzo J , BermanB , HadhazyVA , JadadAR , LaoL , SinghBB . Is acupuncture effective for the treatment of chronic pain? A systematic review . Pain86 ( 3 ), 217 – 225 ( 2000 ).
  • Johnson MI . The clinical effectiveness of acupuncture for pain relief - you can be certain of uncertainty . Acupunct. Med.24 ( 2 ), 71 – 79 ( 2006 ).
  • Paley CA , BennettMI , JohnsonMI . Acupuncture for cancer-induced bone pain?Evid Based Complement Alternat. Med. 2011 , 671043 ( 2011 ).
  • Paley CA , JohnsonMI , BennettMI . Acupuncture: a treatment for breakthrough pain in cancer?BMJ Support. Palliat. Care1 ( 3 ), 335 – 338 ( 2011 ).

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.