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A safety and efficacy pilot study of acupuncture for the treatment of chronic lymphoedema

BACKGROUND: Lymphoedema is a distressing problem affecting many women after breast cancer surgery. There is no cure and existing treatments are marginally beneficial, rarely reducing arm swelling in any meaningful way. Needling and even lifting of objects using the affected arm has been prohibited,...

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Autores principales: Cassileth, Barrie R, Van Zee, Kimberly J, Chan, Yi, Coleton, Marci I, Hudis, Clifford A, Cohen, Sara, Lozada, James, Vickers, Andrew J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Group 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3171073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21685498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/aim.2011.004069