One example: A consensus panel convened by the National Institutes of Health,
after reviewing medical literature, concluded in November 1997 that «there is clear evidence that needle acupuncture treatment is effective for postoperative and
chemotherapy nausea and vomiting, nausea of pregnancy, and postoperative dental
pain.»
This includes predictive factors, validation of diagnosis specific tools for functional assessment as well as the impact of different surgical techniques and type of
chemotherapy used on the incidence of chronic
pain after surgery and adjunctive cancer treatment.