This study will evaluate if acupuncture is helpful in treating cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.
Each participant will have a baseline visit before her radiation therapy begins to complete questionnaires. Participants will receive either true acupuncture or sham acupuncture twice per week for the six weeks of radiation therapy. She will have a short questionnaire at three weeks into her radiation, and she will complete questionnaires again at the end of her radiation and four weeks later.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
54
Magee-Womens Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Cancer-related fatigue
Time frame: 10 weeks
Cancer-related fatigue distress
Time frame: 10 weeks
Quality of life
Time frame: 10 weeks
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