Clinical characteristics of the patients in the verum acupuncture, sham acupuncture or standard care group.

Numbers (n) of patients answering the questions are presented, 1267 of 277 patients provided data regarding nausea. Experiencing nausea was defined as any day within the radiotherapy period in the acupuncture cohort and within the past week in the standard care cohort. 2Including the variables seen in table 1 and 2. SD = Standard Deviation.