Acupuncture benefitted patients with head and neck cancer who had radiation-induced xerostomia, according to study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.
The randomized phase 3 WF-97115 trial included 258 patients.
Researchers randomly assigned them to one of three regimens: true acupuncture twice weekly for 4 weeks plus standard oral hygiene; sham acupuncture twice weekly for 4 weeks plus standard oral hygiene; or standard oral hygiene alone.
Lorenzo Cohen, PhD, distinguished professor in clinical cancer prevention and director of the integrative medicine program at The University of Texas