Efficacy of Contact Needle Therapy for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Table 2

Results of symptoms scores pre- and post-CNT and clinical evolutions of patients.

	Case
	1	2	3	4	5	6
CTCAE
Before	2	1	2	1	2	1
After	2	1	1	1	2	0
FACT/GOG-NTX
Before	11	6	10	4	13	9
After	5	2	5	4	2	4
Breakthrough pain
Before	4	0	2	3	3	0
After	0	0	1	1	1	0
Patients’ evaluation	Improved	Improved	Improved	Improved	Improved	Improved
Last responsible chemotherapy (month ago)	Concurrent 12	26	16	Concurrent 16	Concurrent 12	Concurrent 1
Adverse effect of CNT	None	None	None	None	None	None

Breakthrough pain: 0 (None)~4 (Very severe).