Clinical therapeutic effects of acupuncture in treating patients with dysphagia after radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Dysphagia is a commonly occurring condition in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients after radiotherapy. There has been an increasing number of studies focused on assessing the use of acupuncture to manage dysphagia. Moreover, the quality of the research has gradually increased.