Acupuncture and Wellness Center
Kathren Bunt, Dipl., Ac., L.Ac, M.S.
Cancer Treatment
Acupuncture is an effective tool to treat pain and symptoms resulting from cancer. Kathren Bunt recently attended a seminar at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City for Pain and Symptom Management of Cancer, with the focus on pre-surgery and post-surgery acupuncture, post-surgery symptoms, post-radiation therapy symptoms, alleviating toxic side effects and adverse effects of chemotherapy, and bone marrow transplant management.
The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Integrative Medicine Service (MSKCCIMS) is active in Acupuncture Research including:
Acupuncture for Pancreatic Cancer Pain
Acupuncture for Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer Patients
Acupuncture for Pain and Dysfunction after Neck Dissection
Acupuncture for Xerostomia (dry mouth)
Acupuncture for Post-Thoracotomy Pain
MRI Changes Associated with Salivation Following Acupuncture
and including ongoing research for:
Acupuncture for Chronic Fatigue in Cancer Patients
Acupuncture for Reduction of Post-Colectomy Ileus in Colorectal Patients
The workshop instilled knowledge for treating cancer patients for
Breast Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Lung Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Acupuncture can assist with post-surgery symptoms
of fever, pain, constipation, wound pain, non-closure
of incision; post radiation therapy symptoms of
fatigue, anemia, low white blood cell count, nausea,
vomiting, diarrhea, skin burns, and hair loss; adverse
effects of chemotherapy of nausea and vomiting, hair
loss, fatigue, vertigo, sensitivity to cold, shortness of
breath, loss of appetite, bleeding, infection, toxicity,
low blood counts, diarrhea, sexual dysfunction,
hepatic dysfunction, and neuropathy; and post-bone
marrow transplant management for ascities,
hepatomegaly, jaundice and infection.
Acupuncture has an emphasis on symptom
management and reduction of toxicities. This is an
integrative program to use with your doctors. Call
Acupuncture and Wellness Center today to see how
we can assist you with your cancer treatment.
Call 260-418-4126 or 260-485-5309.
The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Integrative Medicine Service (MSKCCIMS) is active in Acupuncture Research including:
Acupuncture for Pancreatic Cancer Pain
Acupuncture for Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer Patients
Acupuncture for Pain and Dysfunction after Neck Dissection
Acupuncture for Xerostomia (dry mouth)
Acupuncture for Post-Thoracotomy Pain
MRI Changes Associated with Salivation Following Acupuncture
and including ongoing research for:
Acupuncture for Chronic Fatigue in Cancer Patients
Acupuncture for Reduction of Post-Colectomy Ileus in Colorectal Patients
The workshop instilled knowledge for treating cancer patients for
Breast Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Lung Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Acupuncture can assist with post-surgery symptoms of fever, pain, constipation, wound pain, non-closure
of incision; post radiation therapy symptoms of
fatigue, anemia, low white blood cell count, nausea,
vomiting, diarrhea, skin burns, and hair loss; adverse
effects of chemotherapy of nausea and vomiting, hair
loss, fatigue, vertigo, sensitivity to cold, shortness of
breath, loss of appetite, bleeding, infection, toxicity,
low blood counts, diarrhea, sexual dysfunction,
hepatic dysfunction, and neuropathy; and post-bone
marrow transplant management for ascities,
hepatomegaly, jaundice and infection.
Acupuncture has an emphasis on symptom
management and reduction of toxicities. This is an
integrative program to use with your doctors. Call
Acupuncture and Wellness Center today to see how
we can assist you with your cancer treatment.
Call 260-418-4126 or 260-485-5309.
