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AcuTalk Wed July 30 2025 7:30pm via Zoom
Hot Flash Study Talk
Elevate your clinical impact by learning from a study that’s making waves in integrative oncology. Published in the American Cancer Society’s Cancer journal and featured in leading academic and social media discussions (high Altmetric attention), this pooled analysis offers a validated, 10-week acupuncture protocol that delivered a 49% reduction in hot-flash scores and meaningful quality-of-life gains across three countries.
Why Attend?
–Prestigious evidence: First pooled individual-patient data analysis in Cancer (ACS), the premier oncology journal.
–Proven results: Clinically significant improvements in hot-flash severity, endocrine symptoms, and breast-cancer–specific QoL.
–Actionable insights: Detailed protocol (core and optional points), scheduling best practices, and real-world case troubleshooting.
Presenter
Weidong Lu, MB, MPH, PhD, Lead Oncology Acupuncturist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the first author and co-principal investigator of the Hot Flash Study.
Reserve your spot now to integrate this high-impact, evidence-based approach into your practice!
Cost
ASM members – free
Non members – $30 – send via Zelle to or via PayPal to
Speaker Bio
Weidong Lu, MB, MPH, PhD, Lic.Ac., is an Oncology Acupuncturist and the Oncology Acupuncture Team Leader at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI). He is a Principal Investigator at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and leads the Chinese Medicine Research Initiative at DFCI. Lu is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Professor Emeritus of Chinese Medicine at the New England School of Acupuncture. He also chairs the Committee on Acupuncture for the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine.
As a licensed acupuncturist, Lu founded the Oncology Acupuncture Specialty at DFCI in 2000 and has dedicated his work to advancing integrative oncology. His research focuses on developing oncology acupuncture as a specialty, conducting clinical studies on symptom management and supportive care with acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, exploring drug-herbal interactions, and leading clinical trials in oncology acupuncture. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and has presented nationally and internationally across North America, Europe, and Asia.
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The Acupuncture Society of Massachusetts (ASM) is a 501c(6) non profit professional membership organization representing acupuncturists and acupuncture students. The purpose of the ASM is to support the integration of acupuncture into American health care and expand both access and public understanding of Acupuncture and East Asian medicine. The ASM also protects the acupuncture scope of practice by monitoring legislation and regulations that impact the practice of acupuncture. The ASM fosters high quality health care, education and research. The ASM also promotes and cultivates discussion, broad representation and empowerment of individual and organizational members at state, regional and national levels. The ASM was formerly the Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Society of Massachusetts (AOMSM).