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Ear Acupuncture Reduces Breast Cancer Tamoxifen Hot Flashes

by Karen Nunley | Dec 2, 2019 | Cancer Treatment Side Effects, Emotional Health, General Acupuncture, Women's Health

Ear acupuncture helps control hot flashes and night sweats for women receiving breast cancer treatment. Researchers studied the effectiveness of ear acupuncture on women 35 years or older receiving tamoxifen therapy. The results were clinically significant. The mean...

Acupuncture Works for Cancer-Related Fatigue in Patients with Breast Cancer

by Karen Nunley | Nov 25, 2019 | Cancer Treatment Side Effects, Emotional Health, General Acupuncture, Women's Health

I read an article today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology about a study testing acupuncture’s effectiveness in treating fatigue for patients with breast cancer. The randomized controlled trial compared acupuncture with “enhanced usual care.”...

Acupuncture May Relieve Joint Pain Caused by Some Breast Cancer Treatments

by Karen Nunley | Oct 28, 2019 | Cancer Treatment Side Effects, Women's Health

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that acupuncture may be an effective therapy for joint pain and stiffness in breast cancer patients who are being treated with commonly used hormonal therapies including aromatase inhibitor therapy. Joint...

Acupuncture and Breast Cancer

by Karen Nunley | Jun 3, 2019 | Cancer Treatment Side Effects, Women's Health

A significant number of breast cancers have receptors for the hormone estrogen. These receptor-positive breast tumors are more likely to respond to therapy with anti-estrogen medications, which take advantage of the cancer cells’ dependence on hormones for...

Acupuncture to Treat the Effects of Head and Neck Cancer Treatments

by Karen Nunley | Apr 29, 2019 | Cancer Treatment Side Effects

My husband, Steve, was given a pretty scary diagnosis of neck cancer in 2002. As you can imagine, news that someone I love had Stage IV cancer was quite a jolt. Prior to his diagnosis, I had treated a handful of cancer patients for the side effects of surgery,...

Cancer Treatment Side Effects (chemotherapy, radiation, surgery)

by Karen Nunley | Feb 18, 2019 | Cancer Treatment Side Effects

Acupuncture has received much attention as an adjunctive therapy in cancer treatments for its use in pain relief, reducing side effects, accelerating recovery and improving quality of life. It can be used to address many of the concerns that come up during and after...
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