Effectiveness of Acupuncture in Post-Mastectomy Patients With Tissue Expanders

Inclusion Criteria:

Women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer, enrolled in the The Breast Cancer Database of NYU Cancer Center (BCD) and who are having breast cancer surgery involving a mastectomy procedure with insertion of a tissue expander for reconstructive purposes
Women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer
Women who are enrolled in the Breast Cancer Database (BCD)
Women who are having breast cancer surgery involving a mastectomy procedure with insertion of a tissue expander for reconstructive purposes

Exclusion Criteria:

Women who had neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy, women who are currently on anticoagulant therapy, women who are having breast reconstruction with Alloderm, women who have chronic pre-operative pain, and/or women who have had a history of previous implants or prior augmentations
Women who had neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy
Women who are currently on anticoagulant therapy
Women who are having breast reconstruction with Alloderm
Women who have chronic pre-operative pain
Women who have had a history of previous implants or prior augmentations
Women who are currently on anticoagulant therapy
Women who are having breast reconstruction with Alloderm
Women who have chronic pre-operative pain
Women who have had a history of previous implants or prior augmentations