Efficacy of the complementary therapies in the management of cancer pain in palliative care: A systematic review.
Luis Carlos Lopes-JuniorGabriela Sylvestre RosaRaphael Manhaes PessanhaSara Isabel Pimentel de Carvalho SchuabKarolini Zuqui NunesMaria Helena Costa AmorimPublished in: Revista latino-americana de enfermagem (2020)
while the evidence from the studies evaluating the use of massage therapy or the use of progressive muscle relaxation and guided imaging for the management of cancer pain in these patients demonstrated significant benefits, the other two studies that evaluated the use of acupuncture as a complementary therapy showed contradictory results, therefore, needing more research studies to elucidate such findings.
Keyphrases
- papillary thyroid
- palliative care
- chronic pain
- case control
- end stage renal disease
- squamous cell
- pain management
- neuropathic pain
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- high resolution
- squamous cell carcinoma
- skeletal muscle
- stem cells
- prognostic factors
- lymph node metastasis
- mesenchymal stem cells
- single molecule
- advanced cancer
- fluorescence imaging
- patient reported
- spinal cord injury