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Acupuncture may lower hot flashes post anti-hormonal breast cancer therapy
Updated On: 25 June, 2024 03:59 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Although a life-saving treatment, up to 80 per cent of women experience hot flashes -- a sudden, temporary sensation of body warmth, flushing, and sweating -- and other side effects after taking it, leading to discontinuation, while elevating the risk of cancer progression and death
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Acupuncture may significantly reduce hot flashes and other hormonal side effects of endocrine therapy taken by women with breast cancer, claimed a study, based on a pooled analysis of three clinical trials, on Monday.
Endocrine therapy helps block hormone signalling that drives some forms of breast cancer. Although a life-saving treatment, up to 80 per cent of women experience hot flashes -- a sudden, temporary sensation of body warmth, flushing, and sweating -- and other side effects after taking it, leading to discontinuation, while elevating the risk of cancer progression and death.
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