Acupuncture Therapy

"Acupuncture Therapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Treatment of disease by inserting needles along specific pathways or meridians. The placement varies with the disease being treated. It is sometimes used in conjunction with heat, moxibustion, acupressure, or electric stimulation.

Descriptor ID	D015670
MeSH Number(s)	E02.190.044
Concept/Terms	Acupuncture Therapy Acupuncture Therapy Acupuncture Treatment Acupuncture Treatments Treatment, Acupuncture Therapy, Acupuncture Pharmacoacupuncture Treatment Pharmacoacupuncture Treatment Treatment, Pharmacoacupuncture Pharmacoacupuncture Therapy Therapy, Pharmacoacupuncture Acupotomy Acupotomy Acupotomies

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Acupuncture Therapy".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Complementary Therapies [E02.190]
Acupuncture Therapy [E02.190.044]

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Bar chart showing 40 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2006	1	0	1
2010	2	1	3
2012	1	0	1
2013	0	1	1
2017	2	1	3
2018	4	1	5
2019	4	2	6
2020	10	0	10
2021	3	0	3
2022	3	0	3
2023	4	0	4

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Bao T, Zhi WI, Baser RE, Li QS, Weitzman M, Gillespie EF, Robson M, Mao JJ. Electro-acupuncture versus battle field auricular acupuncture in breast cancer survivors with chronic musculoskeletal pain: subgroup analysis of a randomized clinical trial. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Nov; 202(2):287-295.

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Yang M, Baser RE, Khanin R, Autuori I, Li QS, Panageas KS, Orlow I, Mao JJ. COMT Val158Met Affects the Analgesic Response to Acupuncture Among Cancer Survivors With Chronic Pain. J Pain. 2023 09; 24(9):1721-1730.

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Yang M, Baser RE, Liou KT, Li SQ, Piulson L, Panageas KS, Mao JJ. Effect of acupuncture versus usual care on sleep quality in cancer survivors with chronic pain: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. Cancer. 2023 Jul 01; 129(13):2084-2094.

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Mao JJ, Witt CM. Acupuncture as an Evidence-Based Treatment for Cancer Pain Management: The Joint Society for Integrative Oncology-American Society for Clinical Oncology Guideline. J Integr Complement Med. 2023 04; 29(4):209-211.

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Li X, Bao T, Garland SN, Li SQ, Yu J, Li Y, Mao JJ. Does expectancy affect insomnia treatment response in cancer survivors receiving acupuncture and cognitive behavioral therapy? J Cancer Surviv. 2023 06; 17(3):826-835.

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Romero SAD, Emard N, Baser RE, Panageas K, MacLeod J, Walker D, Barton-Burke M, Liou K, Deng G, Farrar J, Xiao H, Mao JJ, Epstein A. Acupuncture versus massage for pain in patients living with advanced cancer: a protocol for the IMPACT randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open. 2022 09 01; 12(9):e058281.

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Zhang YQ, Jiao RM, Witt CM, Lao L, Liu JP, Thabane L, Sherman KJ, Cummings M, Richards DP, Kim EA, Kim TH, Lee MS, Wechsler ME, Brinkhaus B, Mao JJ, Smith CA, Gang WJ, Liu BY, Liu ZS, Liu Y, Zheng H, Wu JN, Carrasco-Labra A, Bhandari M, Devereaux PJ, Jing XH, Guyatt G. How to design high quality acupuncture trials-a consensus informed by evidence. BMJ. 2022 03 30; 376:e067476.

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Zhu YJ, Wu XY, Wang W, Chang XS, Zhan DD, Diao DC, Xiao J, Li Y, Ma D, Hu M, Li JC, Wan J, Wu GN, Ke CF, Sun KY, Huang ZL, Cao TY, Zhai XH, Chen YD, Peng JJ, Mao JJ, Zhang HB. Acupuncture for Quality of Life in Gastric Cancer Patients Undergoing Adjuvant Chemotherapy. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 02; 63(2):210-220.

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Mao JJ, Baser RE, Panageas KS. Acupuncture for Cancer Survivors-Reply. JAMA Oncol. 2021 09 01; 7(9):1400-1401.

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Liou KT, Garland SN, Li QS, Sadeghi K, Green J, Autuori I, Orlow I, Mao JJ. Effects of acupuncture versus cognitive behavioral therapy on brain-derived neurotrophic factor in cancer survivors with insomnia: an exploratory analysis. Acupunct Med. 2021 Dec; 39(6):637-645.

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