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Use of Chinese medicine by cancer patients: a review of surveys by Bridget Carmady; Caroline A Smith is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Use of Chinese medicine by cancer patients: a review of surveys about?
Chinese medicine has been used to treat a variety of cancer-related conditions. This study aims to examine the prevalence and patterns of Chinese medicine usage by cancer patients. We reviewed articles written in English and found only the Chinese medicine usage from the studies on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Seventy four (74) out of 81 articles reported rates of CAM usage ranging from 2.6 to 100%. Acupuncture was reported in 71 out of 81 studies. Other less commonly reported modalities included __Qigong__ (__n__ = 17), Chinese herbal medicine (__n__ = 11), Taichi (__n__ = 10), acupressure (__n__ = 6), moxibustion (__n__ = 2), Chinese dietary therapy (__n__ = 1), Chinese massage (__n__ = 1), cupping (__n__ = 1) and other Chinese medicine modalities (__n__ = 19). This review also found important limitations of the English language articles on CAM usage in cancer patients. Our results show that Chinese medicine, in particular Chinese herbal medicine, is commonly used by cancer patients. Further research is warranted to include studies not written in English.
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- Author
- Bridget Carmady; Caroline A Smith
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2006-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1749-8546)
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)