For cancer patients, pain can come from the cancer itself, chronic inflammatory changes or infections. Standard cancer treatments, such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy can also cause pain, but despite its common occurrence, pain is a frequent source of patient anxiety due to improper management.
Acupuncture is enhanced immune function. Specific acupuncture points can increase red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.
Acupuncture also may stimulate steroid levels and other hormones, such as melatonin, that could have anti-tumor activity.
Acupuncture may also be helpful for post-radiotherapy contracture of the jaw muscle. Acupuncture can also be effective in managing edema.
Acupuncture may help in the treatment of fatigue and body wasting through the modulation of cytokines and hormones.
Acupuncture calms nausea and vomiting. Furthermore, some acupuncture points increase the anti-emetic effect of drugs before and after surgery, and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
Acupuncture can be effective in managing pain in cancer and during radiation treatment.
Acupuncture has been found to reverse those effects by increasing blood flow to the salivary glands. then it help dry mouth...
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BBC health:Men who are more sexually active in their 20s and 30s may run a higher risk of prostate cancer, research suggests.
The evidence is not convincing to suggest acupuncture is an effective treatment for hot flush in patients with PC. Further research is required to investigate whether acupuncture has hot-flush-specific effects(source:Support Care Cancer. 2009 Feb 18.)
There is controversy as to whether men with a history of prostate cancer should receive hormone treatment for low testosterone. Since the risk of prostate cancer can theoretically increase with increased testosterone levels, the FDA says that testosterone replacement therapy is contraindicated for men with a history of prostate cancer.
However, studies have not shown a clear link between testosterone supplementation and prostate cancer, and an emerging movement of physicians are pushing for select symptomatic men with a history of prostate cancer to be allowed treatment for low testosterone levels.(sourse:kevinMD blog)
