Title{1}	The prophylactic and therapeutic effects of moxibustion combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine decoction for treating chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression in early-stage breast cancer: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Trial registration {2a and 2b}.	The study has been registered at chictr.org.cn (ChiCTR-INR-16009557) on 23rd October 2016.
Protocol version {3}	Protocol version: v2.1, Date: 28th February, 2018
Funding {4}	This work was supported by grants from the Three-year Programme of Shanghai Hospital Development Center (No. 16CR2026B) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81273642).
Author details {5a}	1. Department of Breast Surgery, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China 2. Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai200030, China
Name and contact information for the trial sponsor {5b}	Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Address: 110 Ganhe Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai, China)
Role of sponsor {5c}	The funders did not involved in the study design, collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of data; writing of the report; and the decision to submit the report for publication.