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- Title
Complementary/alternative medicine for supportive cancer care: development of the evidence-base.
- Authors
E. Ernst; M. Pittler; B. Wider; K. Boddy
- Abstract
Abstract Aim The aim of this article is to compare the evidence relating to the effectiveness of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) in palliative cancer care as it existed in 2000 and 2005. Methods Our comparison is based on systematic reviews using the same methodology at these two points in time. Results The results reveal a buoyant research activity in this sector. Consequently, new evidence for 19 CAM modalities has emerged between 2000 and 2005. For some treatments, the evidence is encouraging but for very few, it is as yet fully convincing. Conclusion It follows that further research is warranted, particularly in areas where the data already looks encouraging.
- Subjects
CANCER treatment; ALTERNATIVE medicine; PALLIATIVE treatment; CLINICAL medicine
- Publication
Supportive Care in Cancer, 2007, Vol 15, Issue 5, p565
- ISSN
0941-4355
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00520-006-0174-y