News: Dr. Arthur Fan is invited by NCI(National Cancer Institute) as a speaker in a Conference focus on acupuncture on cancer patient symptom management on June 16, 2016. His topic is “Clinical Considerations of Sham acupuncture”.
Anyone who is interested in acupuncture and cancer symptom managements is welcomed to attend this conference. NCI invites 18 scholars internationally to talk on this topic in this conference (06/16-06/17, 2016).
Acupuncture Agenda Final With NCI Branding[2]
The conference is open to the public. Below are the agenda and visitors’ parking instruction.
DIVISION OF CANCER TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS
Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Conference On
ACUPUNCTURE FOR CANCER SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
Thursday, June 16 – Friday, June 17, 2016
Natcher Auditorium, Balcony B
NIH Main Campus, Bethesda, Maryland
DAY 1 – THURSDAY, JUNE 16
8:00 – 8:30 Arrival and On-Site Registration
8:30 – 8:35 Welcome
Jeffrey D. White MD, National Cancer Institute, Director OCCAM
8:35 – 8:45 Conference Overview & Objectives
Farah Zia, MD, Meeting Chair, National Cancer Institute
Session 1 Moderator: Lixing Lao PhD CMD LAc
8:45 – 9:00 NCI’s Portfolio: Acupuncture Research
Oluwadamilola Olaku MD, Meeting Co-Chair , National Cancer Institute
9:00 – 9:30 Utilization of Acupuncture by Cancer Patients
Gary Deng MD PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
9:30 – 10:00 Classical & Electro-Acupuncture, Acupressure, TENS
Weidong Lu MB PhD MPH, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
10:00 – 10:15 * BREAK
Assemble for group photograph in main lobby.
10:15 – 10:45 Mechanism of Action: Mechanical Tissue Stimulation and Acupuncture
Helene Langevin MD, Harvard Medical School
10:45 – 11:15 Role of Functional MRI in Acupuncture Research
Vitaly Napadow PhD, Harvard Medical School
11:15 – 11:30 Q/A/Discussion Moderator
Lixing Lao PhD CMD (China) LAc, University of Hong Kong
11:30– 12:30 * Lunch
*All food and beverage is on your own. Cafeteria is located on the
main level.
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Session 2 Moderator: Peter Johnstone MD
12:30 – 1:00 Acupuncture for Cancer Pain and Fatigue
Jun Mao MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1:00 – 1:30 Acupuncture for N/V & xerostomia
Mary K. Garcia DrPh LAc, MD Anderson Cancer Center
1:30 – 2:00 Acupuncture for Symptoms of Endocrine Therapies
Jun Mao MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2:00 – 2:15 Q/A/Discussion Moderator
Peter Johnstone MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
2:15 – 2:30 * BREAK
Session 3 Moderator: Wayne Jonas, MD
2:30 – 3:00 Conducting Robust Acupuncture Clinical Trials
Claudia Witt MD MBA, University of Zurich
3:00 – 3:30 Placebo Effect in Acupuncture and Conventional Treatment
Prof Ted Kaptchuk, Harvard Medical School
3:30 – 4:00 Statistical Perspective of Acupuncture Clinical Trials
Telecon – Andrew Vickers PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
4:00 – 4:30 Clinical Considerations of Sham Acupuncture
Arthur Yin Fan, PhD LAc, McLean Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
4:30 – 5:00 Q/A/Discussion Moderator
Wayne Jonas MD, Samuelli Institute
5:00 Day 1 Adjourned
*All food and beverage is on your own. The Cafeteria is located on the main level.
DAY 2 – FRIDAY JUNE 17
Session 4 Moderator: Gary Deng MD PhD
8:30 – 9:00 Safety of Acupuncture
Weidong Lu MB PhD MPH, Harvard Medical School
9:00 – 9:30 Acupuncture for Lymphedema & Peripheral Neuropathy
Ting Bao MD DABMA, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
9:30 – 10:00 Role of Acupuncture in Palliative and End of Life Care
Ann Berger MD, NIH Clinical Center
10:00 – 10:30 Role of Acupuncture in Pediatric Cancer Patients
Elena Ladas PhD RD, Columbia University Medical Center
10:30 – 10:45 Q/A/Discussion – Moderator
Gary Deng MD PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
10:45 – 11:00 *BREAK
Session 5 Moderator: Richard Niemtzow MD PhD MPH
11:00 – 11:30 Patient Reported Outcomes Research Methodology
Shelly Wang MD MPH, MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:30 – 12:00 Cost effectiveness of Acupuncture
Patricia Herman PhD ND, RAND Corporation
12:00 -12:15 * BREAK
12:15-12:45 Acupuncture: Chinese Experience
Lixing Lao PhD CMD LAc, University Of Hong Kong
12:45 – 1:15 Disparities in Acupuncture Treatment- 10 minutes for each speaker
European Experience
Claudia Witt MD MBA, University Of Zurich
Chinese Experience
Lixing Lao PhD CMD LAc, University of Hong Kong
United States Experience:
Jun Mao MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1:15 – 1:30 Q/A/Discussion – Moderator
Richard Niemtzow MD PhD MPH, col (ret) USAF
1:30 – 1:35 Brief Closing Statement, Formal Meeting Adjourned
Farah Zia MD, National Cancer Institute
1:35 – 2:30 *Lunch
2:30 – 5:00 Convene for First Draft of White Papers, adjourn
Thank You! Sincerely, The Meeting Chairs, Dr’s Zia & Olaku
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NIH Gateway Drive
Rockville Pike & NIH Gateway Drive
NIH Gateway Center
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holidays, all visitor (commercial, non-
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must enter campus at the Commercial Vehicle
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Rockville Pike between North and Wilson Drives)
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* Closed on Weekends and Observed Holidays
After 10 pm on weekdays, all day weekends and
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North Drive and Wilson Drive)
West Gateway Center (Pedestrians Only)
Near Old Georgetown Rd & South Dr
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Patient and Patient Visitor Entrance
Cedar Lane & West Drive
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Virginia Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine 
In an editorial in the highly esteemed ‘British Medical Journal’, titled ‘Where is the Wisdom? The Poverty of Medical Evidence, BMJ’s editor Dr. Richard Smith recounts a lecture he attended with renowned health policy consultant Dr. David Eddy.Eddy found, after doing significant research, that only about 13% of medical interventions are supported by solid scientific evidence and that only 1% of the articles in medical journals are scientifically sound.Why is that? Because most of those articles quote from other articles which make unsupported and unfounded claims.
The High Risks of the Medical Approach
Dr. Lucian Leape, researcher at the Harvard Medical School of Public Health, also states that only 13% of medical procedures have ever been tested for appropriateness by randomized trials.
He noted that adverse events occurred in 3.7 percent of all hospitalizations. Worse yet, 13.6 percent of those adverse events led to death!
He is quoted as saying, “Medicine is now a high risk industry, like aviation.
But, the chance of dying in an aviation accident is one in 2 million, while the risk of dying from a medical accident is one in 200!”
I think I’ll take acupuncture anytime!