caa a22 4500 445298707 CHVBK 20180317142550.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20101201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11864-010-0128-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11864-010-0128-y Mechanisms of Action for Acupuncture in the Oncology Setting [Elektronische Daten] [Jennifer Stone, Peter Johnstone] Opinion statement: A growing body of literature supports the use of acupuncture in the oncology clinic for the relief of symptoms caused by cancer treatments. Several clinical trials are currently supported by the National Institutes of Health to assess the efficacy of such treatments, as evidenced by the listings in the National Institutes of Health Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP) database. However, little is known about the mechanisms of action behind the effects of acupuncture. A biomedical database search for articles in the English-language literature revealed studies examining the effect of acupuncture on fibroblast cells, a decrease of inflammatory cytokines, an increase of T-lymphocytes, and increasing adenosine, neuropeptides, opioid peptides, peptide hormones, and stem cells. This limited review attempts to reveal some possible mechanisms of action for the effects of acupuncture for symptom relief in the oncology setting. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Stone Jennifer Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 5610 Crawfordsville Road, Suite 103, 46224, Indianapolis, IN, USA aut Johnstone Peter Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 535 Barnhill Drive, RT 041, 46202-5289, Indianapolis, IN, USA aut Current Treatment Options in Oncology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 11/3-4(2010-12-01), 118-127 1527-2729 11:3-4<118 2010 11 11864 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11864-010-0128-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11864-010-0128-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stone Jennifer Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 5610 Crawfordsville Road, Suite 103, 46224, Indianapolis, IN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Johnstone Peter Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 535 Barnhill Drive, RT 041, 46202-5289, Indianapolis, IN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Current Treatment Options in Oncology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 11/3-4(2010-12-01), 118-127 1527-2729 11:3-4<118 2010 11 11864 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer