Role of Chinese Acupuncture in the Treatment for Chemotherapy-Induced Cognitive Impairment in Older Patients With Cancer: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Sunyan Zhao   ^{1 *} , BS ;   Jing Zhang   ^{1 *} , BS ;   Haijun Wan   ^{2 *} , MS ;   Chenjie Tao   ³ , MS ;   Meng Hu   ⁴ , MS ;   Wei Liang   ¹ , MD ;   Zhi Xu   ⁵ , MD ;   Bingguo Xu   ⁶ , MS ;   Jiaying Zhang   ⁶ , MS ;   Guoxin Wang   ⁶ , MS ;   Ping Li   ^{7 *} , MD ;   Guangmei Lyu   ^{8 *} , BS ;   Yongling Gong   ^{1 *} , MD

¹ Department of Oncology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

² Department of Gastroenterology, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

³ Department of Oncology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China

⁴ Department of Medical Oncology, Liyang People’s Hospital, Liyang, China

⁵ Medical Affairs, ICON Public Limited Company (ICON Plc), Beijing, China

⁶ Division of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

⁷ Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China

⁸ Information Centre, Jiangsu Health Vocational College, Nanjing, China

*these authors contributed equally