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Recent studies have suggested that acupuncture can reduce symptoms of lymphedema in breast-cancer survivors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This was a pilot study. It was designed to assess the feasibility and the safety of acupuncture with the\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Saam<\/jats:italic>\n                      acupuncture method for treating lymphedema in Korean patients after surgical therapy for breast cancer.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This was a prospective, single-arm, observational pilot study using before and after measurements. The study was conducted at the East-West Medical Center at the Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, in Daegu, Korea. The subjects were 9 patients with breast cancer who presented with lymphedema of the upper limb ipsilateral to surgery.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Saam<\/jats:italic>\n                      acupuncture was administered 3 times per week for 6 consecutive weeks, for 30\u00b15 minutes at each session.The primary outcome measure was severity of lymphedema as assessed by stages of lymphedema, a visual analogue scale (VAS), and by circumferential measurements of the upper extremity. The secondary outcome measure was QoL, which was assessed by a self-administered questionnaire using the Short Form\u201336 questionnaire.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Acupuncture reduced severity of lymphedema significantly, as assessed by the VAS (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;0.001) as well as by circumferential measurements of the upper extremity. Four weeks after the final treatment, symptoms were not aggravated. SF-36 scores remained significant for health status at the end of treatment.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Saam<\/jats:italic>\n                      acupuncture method appeared to provide reduction of lymphedema among women after they had undergone surgery for breast cancer. A randomized, controlled prospective study with a larger sample size is required to clarify the role of acupuncture for managing lymphedema in patients with breast cancer.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1089\/acu.2014.1071","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,6,17]],"date-time":"2015-06-17T15:38:38Z","timestamp":1434555518000},"page":"206-215","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Treatment of Lymphedema with\n                    <i>Saam<\/i>\n                    Acupuncture in Patients with Breast Cancer: A Pilot Study"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"Young Ju","family":"Jeong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Catholic University of Daegu"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hyo Jung","family":"Kwon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Daegu Oriental Hospital of Daegu Haany University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Young Sun","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Daegu Haany University Oriental Medicine"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Oh Chang","family":"Kwon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Daegu Catholic University Medical Center"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Im Hee","family":"Shin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Catholic University of Daegu"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sung Hwan","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Catholic University of Daegu"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,6,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1745-7599.2006.00198.x"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","volume-title":"Best Practice for the Management of Lymphoedema: International Consensus","author":"Lymphoedema Framework","year":"2006","unstructured":"Lymphoedema Framework. 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