以色列头颈癌患者对补充和替代医学的使用有限。
Limited use of complementary and alternative medicine in Israeli head and neck cancer patients.
作者信息
Talmi Yoav P, Yakirevitch Arkadi, Migirov Lela, Horowitz Zeev, Bedrin Lev, Simon Zvi, Pfeffer M Raphael
机构信息
Departments of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
出版信息
Laryngoscope. 2005 Aug;115(8):1505-8. doi: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000172205.31559.8d.
HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVE: The use of complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) is growing among cancer patients. A Medline search failed to reveal any dedicated report of CAM use specifically in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC).
STUDY DESIGN
Use of CAM was evaluated in a cohort of treated HNC patients.
METHODS
Patients treated for HNC were asked if they had used CAM since their diagnosis. Demographic data and data pertaining to mode of CAM, duration of treatment and effects were obtained.
RESULTS
One hundred forty-three patients (mean age 61 years) were included. Only nine patients (6.3%) reported using disease related CAM. This included acupuncture (4), Reiki (2), naturopathy (2), hypnosis (1), shiatsu (1), chiropractic treatment (1), homeopathy (1), and selenium (1).
CONCLUSION
Contrary to the reported use, few of our HNC patients used CAM. Although this could be related to good caregiver-patient relationship, further studies in comparable populations are warranted to evaluate if this is a local or a pervading finding in head and neck cancer patients.
假设/目的：补充和替代医学（CAM）在癌症患者中的使用正在增加。对医学文献数据库（Medline）的检索未发现任何专门针对头颈癌（HNC）患者使用CAM的报告。
研究设计
在一组接受治疗的HNC患者中评估CAM的使用情况。
方法
询问接受HNC治疗的患者自确诊以来是否使用过CAM。获取人口统计学数据以及与CAM模式、治疗持续时间和效果相关的数据。
结果
纳入了143名患者（平均年龄61岁）。只有9名患者（6.3%）报告使用了与疾病相关的CAM。这包括针灸（4例）、灵气疗法（2例）、自然疗法（2例）、催眠疗法（1例）、指压疗法（1例）、脊椎按摩疗法（1例）、顺势疗法（1例）和硒（1例）。
结论
与报道的使用情况相反，我们的HNC患者中很少有人使用CAM。尽管这可能与良好的医患关系有关，但仍需在类似人群中进行进一步研究，以评估这是头颈癌患者中的局部现象还是普遍现象。
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