Everyone is different of course.
My chemo/radiation therapy included acupressure & acupuncture.
My treatment started in OK, where acupuncture is illegal, but acupressure worked extremely well for my nausea, I had no pain from those treatments in 2008.
Returning to Seattle, I enjoyed acupuncture for saliva recovery, I can nearly drown now.
Recurrance of SCC & subsequent jaw replacement/tongue resection resulted in lots of cut nerves, reduced ability to swallow, & pain from all.
Pills are ok, but prevent you from doing anything else, so acupuncture was a weekly occurance for a year, now is bi-weekly, and I am working full time as Steam Engineer, but had to give up bus driving job, as I could no longer speak clearly, bummer, love to drive.

69yo male, Steam Engineer, Me=4,SCC=0, loving wife, living life as it comes (no other option)
We are all born from Mother, but live and die alone.
Make the best of it, Mommie did all she could, daddy was just a guidance councelor, the rest is ALL up to you.
...and now, 3rd occurance: Surgery 5/1/12