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Review: acupuncture and mind-body therapies may be effective for cancer related pain

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebn.10.3.84

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    Bardia A, Barton DL, Prokop LJ, et al. Efficacy of complementary and alternative medicine therapies in relieving cancer pain: a systematic review. J Clin Oncol 2006;24:5457–64.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    Q Are complementary and alternative therapies effective for reducing cancer related pain?

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    Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, AMED, and Cochrane Library (all to August 2005); PubMed; and reference lists.

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    randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated complementary and alternative therapies (defined by the US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) for cancer related pain. Studies assessing procedural or post-surgical pain were excluded. 18 RCTs (n = 1499) met the selection criteria. Quality …

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    • For correspondence: Dr T J Moynihan, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA. moynihan.timothy{at}mayo.edu

    • Source of funding: no external funding.