Literature DB >> 8845327

Complementary cancer treatments: hope or hazard?

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Abstract

Complementary therapies are frequently used by cancer patients, yet the area is a minefield of hazards and hopes. A distinction between cure and care seems helpful. There are no effective complementary cures and most options that are promoted carry a distinct and, in certain cases, fatal risk. Complementary cancer care is more acceptable and there are options that can be shown to ease suffering. Vis a vis the popularity of complementary cancer treatments, the lack of scientific evidence for most therapies seems unacceptable. The call for more rigorous research is loud and clear.

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Year:  1995        PMID： 8845327     DOI： 10.1016/s0936-6555(05)80616-8

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol)        ISSN： 0936-6555            Impact factor:   4.126


  8 in total

Review 1.  Complementary and alternative medicine: what is it all about?

Authors:  E Ernst; A Fugh-Berman
Journal:  Occup Environ Med       Date:  2002-02       Impact factor: 4.402

2.  Use of complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients at Zhejiang University Teaching Hospital Zhuji Hospital, China.

Authors:  Lisong Teng; Ketao Jin; Kuifeng He; Chunge Bian; Weili Chen; Kaiyan Fu; Tieming Zhu; Zhigang Jin
Journal:  Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med       Date:  2010-07-03

3.  The effect of complementary and alternative medicine on quality of life, depression, anxiety, and fatigue levels among cancer patients during active oncology treatment: phase II study.

Authors:  Gil Bar-Sela; Sara Danos; Bella Visel; Tanya Mashiach; Inbal Mitnik
Journal:  Support Care Cancer       Date:  2014-12-18       Impact factor: 3.603

4.  Letter to the editor.

Authors:  Graham W Sivyer
Journal:  Dermatol Pract Concept       Date:  2014-04-30

5.  Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in cancer patients: An Italian multicenter survey.

Authors:  Massimiliano Berretta; Chiara Della Pepa; Paolo Tralongo; Alberto Fulvi; Ferdinando Martellotta; Arben Lleshi; Guglielmo Nasti; Rossella Fisichella; Carmela Romano; Chiara De Divitiis; Rosaria Taibi; Francesco Fiorica; Raffaele Di Francia; Anna Di Mari; Lino Del Pup; Anna Crispo; Paolo De Paoli; Adriano Santorelli; Vincenzo Quagliariello; Rosario Vincenzo Iaffaioli; Umberto Tirelli; Gaetano Facchini
Journal:  Oncotarget       Date:  2017-04-11

6.  Characteristics of users and implications for the use of complementary and alternative medicine in Ghanaian cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy: a cross- sectional study.

Authors:  Joel Yarney; Andrew Donkor; Samuel Y Opoku; Lily Yarney; Isaac Agyeman-Duah; Alice C Abakah; Emmanuel Asampong
Journal:  BMC Complement Altern Med       Date:  2013-01-19       Impact factor: 3.659

7.  The use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by cancer patients.

Authors:  Mariama Adams; Andrew Paul Jewell
Journal:  Int Semin Surg Oncol       Date:  2007-04-30

Review 8.  The Molecular Mechanisms of Plant-Derived Compounds Targeting Brain Cancer.

Authors:  Hueng-Chuen Fan; Ching-Shiang Chi; Yu-Kang Chang; Min-Che Tung; Shinn-Zong Lin; Horng-Jyh Harn
Journal:  Int J Mol Sci       Date:  2018-01-30       Impact factor: 5.923
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