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Research: ERNST and Colleagues,
Listed in Issue 156
Abstract
ERNST and Colleagues, Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Exeter, UK. Edzard.Ernst@pms.ac.uk review (17 references) and compare the evidence relating to the effectiveness of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) in palliative cancer care as it existed in 2000 and 2005.
Background
Methodology
Our comparison is based on systematic reviews using the same methodology at these two points in time.
Results
The results reveal a buoyant research activity in this sector. Consequently, new evidence for 19 CAM modalities has emerged between 2000 and 2005. For some treatments, the evidence is encouraging but for very few, it is as yet fully convincing.
Conclusion
It follows that further research is warranted, particularly in areas where the data already looks encouraging. [References: 17]
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