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Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews
Background and Objective. Now with more and more published systematic reviews of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) on adult cancer pain, it is necessary to use the methods of overview of systematic review to summarize available evidence, appraise the evidence level, and give suggestions t...
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2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4003746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24817897 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/170396 |
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author | Bao, Yanju Kong, Xiangying Yang, Liping Liu, Rui Shi, Zhan Li, Weidong Hua, Baojin Hou, Wei |
author_facet | Bao, Yanju Kong, Xiangying Yang, Liping Liu, Rui Shi, Zhan Li, Weidong Hua, Baojin Hou, Wei |
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description | Background and Objective. Now with more and more published systematic reviews of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) on adult cancer pain, it is necessary to use the methods of overview of systematic review to summarize available evidence, appraise the evidence level, and give suggestions to future research and practice. Methods. A comprehensive search (the Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, and ISI Web of Knowledge) was conducted to identify all systematic reviews or meta-analyses of CAM on adult cancer pain. And the evidence levels were evaluated using GRADE approach. Results. 27 systematic reviews were included. Based on available evidence, we could find that psychoeducational interventions, music interventions, acupuncture plus drug therapy, Chinese herbal medicine plus cancer therapy, compound kushen injection, reflexology, lycopene, TENS, qigong, cupping, cannabis, Reiki, homeopathy (Traumeel), and creative arts therapies might have beneficial effects on adult cancer pain. No benefits were found for acupuncture (versus drug therapy or shame acupuncture), and the results were inconsistent for massage therapy, transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS), and Viscum album L plus cancer treatment. However, the evidence levels for these interventions were low or moderate due to high risk of bias and/or small sample size of primary studies. Conclusion. CAM may be beneficial for alleviating cancer pain, but the evidence levels were found to be low or moderate. Future large and rigor randomized controlled studies are needed to confirm the benefits of CAM on adult cancer pain. |
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spelling | pubmed-40037462014-05-11 Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews Bao, Yanju Kong, Xiangying Yang, Liping Liu, Rui Shi, Zhan Li, Weidong Hua, Baojin Hou, Wei Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Review Article Background and Objective. Now with more and more published systematic reviews of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) on adult cancer pain, it is necessary to use the methods of overview of systematic review to summarize available evidence, appraise the evidence level, and give suggestions to future research and practice. Methods. A comprehensive search (the Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, and ISI Web of Knowledge) was conducted to identify all systematic reviews or meta-analyses of CAM on adult cancer pain. And the evidence levels were evaluated using GRADE approach. Results. 27 systematic reviews were included. Based on available evidence, we could find that psychoeducational interventions, music interventions, acupuncture plus drug therapy, Chinese herbal medicine plus cancer therapy, compound kushen injection, reflexology, lycopene, TENS, qigong, cupping, cannabis, Reiki, homeopathy (Traumeel), and creative arts therapies might have beneficial effects on adult cancer pain. No benefits were found for acupuncture (versus drug therapy or shame acupuncture), and the results were inconsistent for massage therapy, transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS), and Viscum album L plus cancer treatment. However, the evidence levels for these interventions were low or moderate due to high risk of bias and/or small sample size of primary studies. Conclusion. CAM may be beneficial for alleviating cancer pain, but the evidence levels were found to be low or moderate. Future large and rigor randomized controlled studies are needed to confirm the benefits of CAM on adult cancer pain. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4003746/ /pubmed/24817897 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/170396 Text en Copyright © 2014 Yanju Bao et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Bao, Yanju Kong, Xiangying Yang, Liping Liu, Rui Shi, Zhan Li, Weidong Hua, Baojin Hou, Wei Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews |
title | Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews |
title_full | Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews |
title_fullStr | Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews |
title_full_unstemmed | Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews |
title_short | Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews |
title_sort | complementary and alternative medicine for cancer pain: an overview of systematic reviews |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4003746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24817897 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/170396 |
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