The combination of traditional and auricular acupuncture to prevent xerostomia and anxiety in irradiated patients with HNSCC: a preventive, parallel, single-blind, 2-arm controlled study
Agna Soares da Silva Menezes, Gabriela Luize Guimarães Sanches, Emisael Stênio Batista Gomes, Raquel Gusmão Soares, Cristina Paixão Durães, Larissa Lopes Fonseca, Arlen de Paulo Santiago Filho, Adriana Aparecida Almeida de Aguiar Ribeiro, Jairo Evangelista Nascimento, Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos, Alfredo Maurício Batista de Paula, Lucyana Conceição Farias, André Luiz Sena Guimarães
Topics & Concepts
MedicineAcupunctureHead and neck squamous-cell carcinomaSalivaBeck Anxiety InventoryAnxietyBasal cellRadiation therapyInternal medicineHead and neck cancerClinical trialRandomized controlled trialPhysical therapyPathologyBeck Depression InventoryAlternative medicinePsychiatrySalivary Gland Disorders and FunctionsOral health in cancer treatmentSalivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment