The effect of acupuncture on tumor growth and gut microbiota in mice inoculated with osteosarcoma cells.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer is a complex systemic disease. As a key component of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture is a clinically proven medical treatment for many diseases, and it also has preventative effects as it balances the body, allowing it to self-regulate. For cancer patients, acupuncture is widely used as complementary therapy to boost the immune system and reduce the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. However, few studies have determined how acupuncture against cancer, especially in regulating the intestinal flora of the tumor-burdened mice.

Methods

We treated osteosarcoma tumor-burdened mice by using needling on different acupoints and acupoints combination, thereafter determined the effects of acupuncture on tumor growth by using imaging technology in

SUBMITTER: Xu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7140491 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature