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Changes to This Summary (11/15/2018)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Human/Clinical Studies

Added text about a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that showed significant improvement of joint pain after acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture and waitlist control (cited Hershman et al. as reference 28).

Revised Table 3 to include Hershman et al. and Bao et al. as clinical studies of acupuncture for aromatase inhibitor-induced musculoskeletal symptoms.

Revised Table 4 to include Dupuis et al. as a clinical study of acupuncture for nausea and vomiting.

Added text about a phase IIA trial of acupuncture to prevent progression of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy severity from weekly paclitaxel in breast cancer patients (cited Bao et al. [Eug J Cancer 2018] as reference 99).

Added text about an RTC of acupuncture versus usual care for breast cancer-related lymphedema (cited Bao et al. [Breast Cancer Res Treat 2018] as reference 107).

Revised Table 8 to include Bao et al. [Breast Cancer Res Treat 2018] and Tong et al. as clinical studies of acupuncture for other cancer-related symptoms or cancer treatment–related side effects.

Editorial changes were made to this section.

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