Acupuncture has been found to reduce pain and anxiety in patients with cancer of gynecological origin (including ovarian and uterine cancer). This was published in a new study in the medical journal CANCER.
This is a joint study for the integrated medicine unit in the oncology service at Klalit’s Lin Medical Centers and the Carmel Hospital under the direction of Prof. Eran Ben Aryeh and the women’s unit at the Carmel Medical Center under the direction of Prof. Ofer Lavi. The research was conducted with the funding and support of the Cancer Society.
The study published these days in the leading scientific journal CANCER examined the effect of integrative medicine treatments that combine complementary medicine as part of the oncological and surgical treatment. In the study, the effect of a unique therapeutic approach that combines touch techniques (acupressure) and relaxation before surgery and acupuncture treatment (acupuncture) during surgery was examined. The combined treatment was offered to the patients while ensuring a sequence of treatment starting from waiting for surgery in the women’s ward and through the various treatment stations while coordinating with the surgical, anesthesiologist, nursing and auxiliary staff.
The results of the study show a significant reduction in anxiety among patients who were treated with contact and relaxation methods before surgery, when the addition of acupuncture during surgery provided an additional benefit of reducing pain after surgery.
Professor Eran Ben Arie, Dip Ac Galit galil
https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.34542
