All patients with newly diagnosed and untreated head and neck cancer. Exclusion criteria: previous treatment for malignant disorder except for skin cancer, severe alcohol abuse, psychiatric disorder, inability to understand Swedish

Head and Neck Neoplasms

Radiotherapy Side Effect

Inflammation

Metabolism

All patients will undergo radiotherapy or surgery, or combined modality treatment

Radiotherapy

Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital

Nutrition and Inflammation in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Inflammation and Metabolism After Radiotherapy- Predictors of Survival in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

IL-1beta, IL-2,IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, GM-CSF, TNF-alfa

Uppsala University

Swedish Cancer Society

The Kamprad Family Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Research & Charity

Participants will be randomized to receive acupuncture treatment plus usual medical care once a week for 8 weeks coinciding with their chemoradiation treatments. The length of the study will be 16 weeks: 8 weeks of treatment and two follow up visits at 4 weeks and 8 weeks after radiation (weeks 12 and 16).

Participants will be randomized to receive usual medical care for 8 weeks coinciding with their chemoradiation treatments. Patients will receive usual medical care such as viscous Lidocaine for relief of pain.

Participants will be randomized to receive acupuncture treatment plus usual medical care once a week for 8 weeks coinciding with their chemoradiation treatments. The length of the study will be 16 weeks: 8 weeks of treatment and two follow up visits at 4 weeks and 8 weeks after radiation (weeks 12 and 16).
Acupuncture with Seirin® needles: Participants will be randomized to receive either usual medical care or acupuncture treatment plus usual medical care once a week for 8 weeks coinciding with their chemoradiation treatments. The length of the study will be 16 weeks: 8 weeks of treatment and two follow up visits at 4 weeks and 8 weeks after radiation (weeks 12 and 16).
Usual medical care: usual medical care such as viscous Lidocaine for relief of pain

Acupuncture With Seirin® Needles

Participants will be randomized to receive usual medical care for 8 weeks coinciding with their chemoradiation treatments. Patients will receive usual medical care such as viscous Lidocaine for relief of pain.
Usual medical care: usual medical care such as viscous Lidocaine for relief of pain

Usual Medical Care

Total

Age, Customized

Sex: Female, Male

Region of Enrollment

All acupuncture side effects will be recorded

Side Effects of Acupuncture Treatment

Feasibility is defined as greater than 80% patients in the trial completing at least 4 acupuncture sessions.

Number of Patients Completing Acupuncture Treatment

Overall Study

Michelle Medeiros

Mucositis

Oropharyngeal Cancer

Participants will be randomized to receive either usual medical care or acupuncture treatment plus usual medical care once a week for 8 weeks coinciding with their chemoradiation treatments. The length of the study will be 16 weeks: 8 weeks of treatment and two follow up visits at 4 weeks and 8 weeks after radiation (weeks 12 and 16).

Acupuncture with Seirin® needles

usual medical care such as viscous Lidocaine for relief of pain

Usual medical care

University of Maryland Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center

Acupuncture in Reducing the Severity of Chemoradiation-induced Mucositis in Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Explore the Mechanism of Acupuncture in Reducing the Severity of Chemoradiation-induced Mucositis in Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer.

oropharyngeal neoplasms/únava

Nutrition and Inflammation in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Acupuncture in Reducing the Severity of Chemoradiation-induced Mucositis in Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer

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