ReviewCancers2023
The Effects of Complementary Therapies on Patient-Reported Outcomes: An Overview of Recent Systematic Reviews in Oncology.
Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 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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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Meridian-based traditional Chinese medicine interventions for supportive care in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of aromatherapy on chemotherapy-related symptom management.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Trial
- Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Management of Breast Cancer.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Effects of Integrative Approaches for the Management of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials and Quasi-Experimental Studies.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Implementation of Integrative Nursing for Patients With Cancer Receiving Inpatient Care: Protocol for a Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods Evaluation.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Integrative Naturopathic Treatment Model for Colorectal Cancer: A Retrospective Study.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
- A Survey on the Prescribing Orientation Towards Complementary Therapies Among Oncologists in Italy: Symptoms and Unmet Patient Needs.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Many patients with cancer make use of complementary medicine alongside conventional medicine, but clinicians in oncology often lack the knowledge to adequately advise patients on the evidence base for complementary therapies. This study aims to provide an overview of recently published systematic reviews that assess the effects of complementary therapies on patient-reported health outcomes in patients with cancer. Systematic reviews, including a meta-analysis of at least two randomized controlled trials, were identified from the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL and PsycINFO databases. The methodological quality was assessed with AMSTAR 2. One hundred systematic reviews were included. The results suggest that several complementary therapies can improve health outcomes reported by patients with cancer, such as acupuncture to relieve pain, music interventions to reduce anxiety and yoga to improve cancer-related fatigue. The side effects related to complementary therapy use are generally mild. The results remain inconclusive for some intervention-outcome combinations. Many of the included systematic reviews insufficiently assessed the causes and impact of bias in their interpretation of the results. This overview of systematic reviews can support clinicians in counselling their patients on this topic and provide directions for future research and clinical practice guidelines in the field of complementary medicine.
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