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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2015

The translational aspect of complementary and alternative medicine for cancer with particular emphasis on Kampo.

Marie Amitani, Haruka Amitani, Robert A Sloan, Hajime Suzuki, Nanami Sameshima, Akihiro Asakawa, Yasuhito Nerome, Tetsuhiro Owaki, Akio Inui, Etsuo Hoshino

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  7. CD8Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Marie AmitaniEducation Center for Doctors in Remote Islands and Rural Areas, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Kagoshima, Japan ; Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Kagoshima, Japan.
Haruka AmitaniDepartment of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Kagoshima, Japan.
Robert A SloanDepartment of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Kagoshima, Japan.
Hajime SuzukiDepartment of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Kagoshima, Japan.
Nanami SameshimaDepartment of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Kagoshima, Japan.
Akihiro AsakawaDepartment of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Kagoshima, Japan.
Yasuhito NeromeEducation Center for Doctors in Remote Islands and Rural Areas, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Kagoshima, Japan.
Tetsuhiro OwakiEducation Center for Doctors in Remote Islands and Rural Areas, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Kagoshima, Japan.
Akio InuiDepartment of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Kagoshima, Japan.
Etsuo HoshinoDivision of Kampo Support, Cancer Institute Hospital Tokyo, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) including Japanese Kampo is known to have anticancer potential. An increasing number of cancer survivors are using CAM for disease prevention, immune system enhancement, and symptom control. Although there have been abundant previous clinical reports regarding CAM, scientific investigations aimed at acquiring quantifiable results in clinical trials, as well as basic research regarding CAM, have only recently been undertaken. Recent studies suggest that CAM enhancement of immune function is related to cytokines. This review provides a translational aspect of CAM, particularly Hozai in Kampo from both scientific and clinical points of view for further development of CAM for cancer treatment.

Indexed as

cancercomplementary and alternative medicine (CAM)Hochu-ekki-toHozaiJuzen-taiho-toKampo

Identifiers

PMID26300773
PMCPMC4527580

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