Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture and usual care for Antiandrogen-Induced hot fLashes in prostate cancer (AVAIL): study protocol for a randomized clinical trial

• Main Authors: Zongshi Qin (Author), Zhiwei Zang (Author), Jianyong Yu (Author), Jianqin Lv (Author), Ning Li (Author), Jialing Zhang (Author), Mingxiao Yang (Author), Joey S. W. Kwong (Author), Ran Pang (Author), Jianfeng Wang (Author), Zhengyu Cui (Author), Yongpei Yu (Author), Haibo Wang (Author), Yidan Zhu (Author), Yifang Yuan (Author), Xiao Li (Author), Yangfeng Wu (Author), Jiani Wu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hot flashes are the common and debilitating symptom among prostate cancer (PCa) patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Strong evidence from multiple rigorously designed studies indicated that pharmacological option such as venlafaxine provides partial relief, but...