ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2014
Complementary and alternative medicine for cancer pain: an overview of systematic reviews.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 118 citations in OpenAlex.
- Chinese herbal medicine for chronic pain: a bibliometric analysis based on integrated databases (2011-2024).Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of music-based interventions on cancer-related pain, fatigue, and distress: an overview of systematic reviews.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic review and network meta-analysis comparing Chinese herbal injections with chemotherapy for treating patients with esophageal cancer.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Pooled it
- Acupuncture for cancer pain in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Different effects of transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation and electroacupuncture at ST36-ST37 on the cerebral cortex.Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society · 2015Trial
- The effect of denosumab vs. zoledronic acid in preventing skeletal-related events, including pain-related bone metastasis: a systematic review.Postepy psychiatrii neurologii · 2024Review
- Potential role of cannabis in ameliorating observed racialized disparities in cancer pain management.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2024Article
- Impacts of medical and non-medical cannabis on the health of older adults: Findings from a scoping review of the literature.PloS one · 2023Article
- Prevalence of late and long-term effects of cancer (treatment) and use of complementary and alternative medicine in Norway.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2022Article
- Using TENS for Pain Control: Update on the State of the Evidence.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
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- Does TENS Reduce the Intensity of Acute and Chronic Pain? A Comprehensive Appraisal of the Characteristics and Outcomes of 169 Reviews and 49 Meta-Analyses.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
- Understanding Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapeutics: An Overview of the Basics and Clinical Applications.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The Impact of Nonpharmacological Interventions on Patient Experience, Opioid Use, and Health Care Utilization in Adult Cardiac Surgery Patients: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- The Association Between Analgesic Treatment Beliefs and Electronically Monitored Adherence for Cancer Pain.Oncology nursing forum · 2021Article
- A Multidimensional Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis of Chinese Herbal Injections for Treating Non-small Cell Lung Cancer With Gemcitabine and Cisplatin.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
- Investigation on the Efficiency of Chinese Herbal Injections combined with Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Treating Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma based on Multidimensional Bayesian Network Meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
- Patients with cancer. Is there a role for chiropractic?The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2020Article
- The Effects of Auricular Therapy for Cancer Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Review
- An overview of the anti-cancer actions of Tanshinones, derived fromExploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy · 2020Review
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Abstract
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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