ReviewNature reviews. Clinical oncology2013
Complementary or alternative medicine in cancer care-myths and realities.
Review in Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- Natural products and complementary therapies for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: A systematic review.Critical reviews in oncology/hematology · 2016Pooled it
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- Confronting medical grifting: Fraudulent and unproven products and interventions in apheresis, transfusion and biotherapies.British journal of haematology · 2025Review
- Medical Students' Knowledge and Perceptions of Herbal Medicine in Saudi Arabia: Should Medical Schools Take Immediate Action?Advances in medical education and practice · 2024Article
- Acute toxicity appraisal of Saussurea heteromalla extract and development of its chemotherapeutic herbal dosage form.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Use of Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine in Cancer: Data-Mining Study of 1 Million Web-Based Posts From Health Forums and Social Media Platforms.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of guided relaxation and acupuncture for chronic sickle cell disease pain (GRACE): A protocol.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
- Multi-omics analysis to screen potential therapeutic biomarkers for anti-cancer compounds.Heliyon · 2022Article
- Rediscovery of Traditional Plant Medicine: An Underestimated Anticancer Drug of Chelerythrine.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Review
- Medicinal Plants and Mushrooms with Immunomodulatory and Anticancer Properties-A Review on Hong Kong's Experience.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The Anticancer Effect of Natural Plant Alkaloid Isoquinolines.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Public Awareness and Perceptions of Radiotherapy and Their Influence on the Use of Radiotherapy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Journal of global oncology · 2019Article
- Combination therapy for metastatic melanoma: a pharmacist's role, drug interactions & complementary alternative therapies.Melanoma management · 2018Review
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- An innovative anti-cancer Chinese herbal formula exhibited multi-targeted efficacies in metastatic breast cancer mouse model.Chinese medicine · 2018Article
- Evidence appraisal: a scoping review, conceptual framework, and research agenda.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2017Article
- Integrative cancer care: crossing communication barriers.Oncotarget · 2017Article
- Quality of Life and Breast Cancer: How Can Mind⁻Body Exercise Therapies Help? An Overview Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Review
- "Health in the Mirror": An Unconventional Approach to Unmet Psychological Needs in Oncology.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
Complementary therapies are adjuncts to mainstream care, used primarily for symptom control and to enhance physical and emotional strength during and after mainstream cancer treatment. These therapies are rational, noninvasive and evidence-based that have been subjected to study to determine their value, document the problems they aim to ameliorate and define the circumstances under which they are beneficial. By contrast, 'alternative' therapies are generally promoted as such-for use as actual antitumour treatments. Typically they lack biological plausibility and scientific evidence of safety and efficacy, and many are outright fraudulent. Combining the helpful complementary therapies with mainstream oncology care to address patients' physical, psychological and spiritual needs constitutes the practice of integrative oncology. By providing patients' nonpharmacological treatment modalities that reduce symptom burden and improve quality of life, physicians enable patients to have an active role in their care, which in turn improves the physician-patient relationship, the quality of cancer care and the well-being of patients and their families.
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