Since 2004 Natasha Tiffany, MD, has served as a full-time physician at Oregon Oncology Specialists (formerly Hematology Oncology of Salem) in Oregon, working with patients in both clinical and hospital settings. In addition to providing medical care, Natasha Tiffany, MD, keeps up with advances in the field and networks with her peers through membership in the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG). Researchers have long searched for an alternative to opioid treatment for patients who experience joint pain and stiffness as a side effect of taking aromatase inhibitors to deal with hormone-related breast cancers. In a groundbreaking new study, SWOG has found that acupuncture may serve as an effective alternative to pain medication, as it has been shown to greatly reduce the joint pain reported by these patients. During the course of the study, the largest of its kind, patients received acupuncture two times per week over an initial six-week period, and then once a week after that for another six weeks. Researchers compared the subjects' reported “worst level of pain” to the levels of those who didn’t receive acupuncture treatment and found that the acupuncture group reported less pain. These findings were presented at the organization’s Breast Cancer Symposium last December.
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AuthorNatasha Tiffany, MD, is a physician, educator, and research scientist currently working in Oregon. A Partner and Physician in a private practice located in the state’s capital city of Salem, Dr. Tiffany teaches at her alma mater, Oregon Health & Science University, where she is an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Hematology and Medical Oncology Division. Archives
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