Sichuan Cancer Hospital 3 articles published in JoVE Medicine A Preliminary Study on Warm Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Treating Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Abdominal Distension Shishuang Yu*1, Tianbao Wang*2, Rongtao Ying1, Yi Zhu1, Ke Liu1, Fanyi Yuan1, Hongjing Yang1, Keling Chen1, Jing Shi3, Xialing Luo1 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2Department of General Diseases, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, 3Department of Nursing, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Here, we present a protocol to properly manipulate warm acupuncture and moxibustion for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with abdominal distension. Medicine Auricular Acupuncture as a Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Combined with Sleep Disorders Yijia Xia*1, Tianbao Wang*2, Zhipeng Ma1, Rongtao Ying1, Shiliang Shao1, Jurong Zeng1, Chuantao Zhang1 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2General Department, Sichuan Cancer Hospital This protocol introduces an effective method to improve the sleep condition of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and alleviate cough symptoms by using auricular acupuncture techniques to percutaneously stimulate specific acupoints in the patients' ears. Cancer Research Establishment and Characterization of Patient-Derived Xenograft Models of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma and Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Maodi Wu1,3, Yang Liu2, Yi Zhao3, Yuyao Zhang4, Liansi Huang3, Qijun Du3, Ting Zhang1,3, Zhihui Zhong1,3, Han Luo2, Kai Xiao1,3 1Precision Medicine Research Center, Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 2Department of Thyroid Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 3Sichuan Kangcheng Biotech Co., 4Sichuan Cancer Hospital The present protocol establishes and characterizes a patient-derived xenograft (PDX) model of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), as PDX models are rapidly becoming the standard in the field of translational oncology.