简介:Acupuncture,asacomplementarytherapy,hasbeenusedtomanagethecancerassociatedsymptomsofcancerpatients.Toidentifytheefficacyandsafetyofacupunctureinthemanagementofcancer,thisreviewcriticallyanalysestherelevantpublicationsincludingbothexperimentalandclinicalstudies.Themajorityofstudiessuggestthatacupunctureeffectivelyrelievessomecancerrelatedsymptomssuchascancerpain,andsomeadverseeffectscausedbythecancerconventionaltreatmentssuchasnausea,vomiting,neutropeniaandxerostomia.