유방암 환자 대상 침치료 무작위비교임상연구 고찰

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ABSTRACT A Review on Randomized Controlled Clinical Study on Acupuncture Treatment of Breast Cancer PatientsYoon-Jae Lee 1 , Sung-Yeop Lee 1 , You-Hwa Jung 1 Seung-Yeol Lee 1 , Jun-Bock Jang 2 , Deok-Sang Hwang 21 Dept. of Korean Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gang-Nam Jaseng Hospital of Oriental Medicine 2 Dept. of Korean Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung-Hee UniversityObjectives: Breast cancer patients in Korea need to care about symptoms with complementary medicine in cluding acupuncture. We reviewed the randomized controlled studies using acupuncture in breast cancer patients to establish a basic knowledge of clinical practice guidelines. Methods: We searched the following databases through July 2015: the Coch rane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Ovid-Medline, Ovid-EMBAS E, the Allied and Complementary Medicine Databases and OASIS. The articles of RCTs using acupuncture in breast cancer for all symptoms were selected and analyzed. The acupoints, treatment period, incl usion criteria of participants, follow-up period and effectiveness were extracted. Results: Three hundred fifty five records after duplicate were screened , and 14 RCTs were selected. RCTs of Hot flush, pain, fatigue were revie wed. The adverse symptoms using medical treatment in breast cancer patients were targets of acupuncture in RCTs. The acupuncture treatment was decreased th e hot flush, pain and fatigue. However, the effect was not confirmed due to various study design. Conclusions: The analysis of the research would be conjugated to establish a basic knowledge of clinical practice guidelines. Well designed studies in Korea are needed to confirm the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in pat ients with breast cancer. Key Words: acupuncture, review, breast neoplasms