Uso de medicinas alternativas e complementares por pacientes com câncer: revisão sistemática

Spadacio, Cristiane; Barros, Nelson Filice de

doi:10.1590/s0034-89102008000100023

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“…These findings are similar to previous studies in cancer patients which suggest a higher prevalence of CAM use among females. [30] D’Arena et al[29] reported that female gender was among the strongest predictors for CAM use ( P < .01) in their cohort. Older age (> 60) was directly associated with vitamin use and inversely associated with herbal supplement use among our population of lymphoma survivors.…”

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Widespread use of complementary and alternative medicine among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors

Osian

Leal

Allmer

et al. 2014

Leukemia & Lymphoma

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There are few studies examining complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use and beliefs among non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) survivors. 719 NHL patients from the University of Iowa/Mayo Clinic Molecular Epidemiology Resource who completed the 3-year post-diagnosis questionnaire were included in this study. 636 (89%) reported ever using CAM, with 78% utilizing vitamins, 54% alternative therapies and 45% herbals. Female gender was associated with increased overall CAM use (P<.0001) as well as use of vitamins (P<.0001), herbals (P=.006) and alternative therapy (P=.0002) for cancer. Older age (>60) was associated with increased vitamin use (P=.005) and decreased herbal use (P=.008). Among users, 143 (20%) believe CAM assists healing, 123 (17%) believe CAM relieves symptoms, 122 (17%) believe CAM gives a feeling of control, 110 (15%) believe CAM assists other treatments, 108 (15%) believe CAM boosts immunity, 26 (4%) believe CAM cures cancer, and 36 (5%) believe CAM prevents the spread of cancer.

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Widespread use of complementary and alternative medicine among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors

Osian

Leal

Allmer

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Leukemia & Lymphoma

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“…A polêmica inserção das MAC nos sistemas de saúde nacionais tem como referência documentos da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), como Estratégia de la OMS sobre Medicina Tradicional 2002, preconizando investigações sobre: políticas de integração nacional dessas práticas nos sistemas nacionais de saúde; segurança, qualidade e eficácia dessas práticas; acesso às práticas e uso racional por profissionais e consumidores 1 .…”

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Medicinas Alternativas e Complementares: uma metassíntese

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The growing use of Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) IntroduçãoTem havido um aumento exponencial no uso de Medicinas Alternativas e Complementares (MAC) no tratamento de várias doenças agudas e crônicas, dentre elas o câncer e o diabetes. O processo de ampliação no uso ocorre em paralelo ao progresso científico e tecnológico da medicina moderna ocidental e vem despertando o interesse de usuários, pesquisadores, profissionais e gestores de serviços de saúde.A polêmica inserção das MAC nos sistemas de saúde nacionais tem como referência documentos da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), como Estratégia de la OMS sobre Medicina Tradicional 2002, preconizando investigações sobre: políticas de integração nacional dessas práticas nos sistemas nacionais de saúde; segurança, qualidade e eficácia dessas práticas; acesso às práticas e uso racional por profissionais e consumidores 1 .Tal cenário tem estimulado a investigação de questões não exploradas nos estudos quantitativos, quase sempre empenhados em descrever: o tipo de técnicas utilizadas, o perfil da população consumidora e o tipo de evidência científica produzida sobre essas práticas 2 . É perceptível o crescimento do número de estudos com abordagem qualitativa em saúde que buscam entender aspectos tais como as concepções pessoais e coletivas da doença, prevenção, risco, gerenciamento de condições crônicas, itinerários pelos 7 REVISÃO REVIEW

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“…With a growing interest and increasing use of CAM in general, cancer patients are even more interested in various modalities of CAM, and they usually view it in a positive way with high levels of satisfaction [6, 53]. In this context, pharmacopuncture's utility for cancer-related symptoms is worth noticing.…”

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Pharmacopuncture for Cancer Care: A Systematic Review

Cheon

Zhang

Lee

et al. 2014

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Background. Pharmacopuncture, injection to acupoints with pharmacological medication or herbal medicine, is a new acupuncture therapy widely available in Korea and China for cancer-related symptoms. However, the evidence is yet to be clear. Objective. To determine pharmacopuncture's effectiveness on cancer-related symptoms. Methods. Eleven databases were searched for randomized controlled trials of pharmacopuncture in cancer patients. The Cochrane risk of bias (ROB) assessment tool was used for quality assessment. Results. Twenty-two studies involving 2,459 patients were included. Five trials of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) underwent meta-analysis. Pharmacopuncture significantly relieved severity of CINV compared with control group (3 trials, risk ratio (RR) 1.28, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.14–1.44). The frequency of CINV was also significantly reduced with pharmacopuncture (2 trials, RR 2.47, 95% CI = 2.12–2.89). Seventeen trials studied various symptoms, and in most studies, pharmacopuncture significantly relieved pain, ileus, hiccup, fever, and gastrointestinal symptoms and improved quality of life in various cancer patients. ROB was generally high. Conclusion. It may be suggested with caution that pharmacopuncture may help various symptom relief in cancer patients, but it is hard to draw a firm conclusion due to clinical heterogeneity and high ROB of the included studies, hence warranting further investigation.

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Uso de medicinas alternativas e complementares por pacientes com câncer: revisão sistemática

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Widespread use of complementary and alternative medicine among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors

Widespread use of complementary and alternative medicine among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors

Medicinas Alternativas e Complementares: uma metassíntese

Pharmacopuncture for Cancer Care: A Systematic Review

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