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Q Are complementary and alternative therapies effective for reducing cancer related pain?
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Data sources:
Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, AMED, and Cochrane Library (all to August 2005); PubMed; and reference lists.
Study selection and assessment:
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.
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