Leis Anne, Millard Jennifer
Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Support Care Cancer. 2007 Aug;15(8):909-12. doi: 10.1007/s00520-007-0303-2. Epub 2007 Jul 17.
The purpose of this short review is to provide a commonly accepted definition of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), to illustrate the widespread use of CAM by people affected by cancer around the world, and to highlight the research contributions of the Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CCAM) research team and its colleagues.
Based on research conducted by CCAM and several European colleagues, a collection of articles was compiled, reviewed, and edited.
CAM modalities play a role in supportive care and cancer. Because of the high CAM utilization, it is critical to help cancer patients make safe, informed, evidence-based decisions for their care. In addition, advances in research methodology, outcomes, and measurement in CAM studies are suggested to better account for individual and collective experiences.
This special issue provides clinicians with a summary of information about CAM and perspectives for better responding to cancer patient's needs.
本简短综述的目的是提供一个被广泛接受的补充和替代医学(CAM)的定义,阐述全球癌症患者对补充和替代医学的广泛使用情况,并突出癌症补充和替代医学(CCAM)研究团队及其同事的研究贡献。
基于CCAM和几位欧洲同事开展的研究,汇编、审阅并编辑了一系列文章。
补充和替代医学模式在支持性护理和癌症治疗中发挥作用。鉴于补充和替代医学的高使用率,帮助癌症患者就其治疗做出安全、明智、基于证据的决策至关重要。此外,建议在补充和替代医学研究的方法、结果及测量方面取得进展,以便更好地考量个体和集体经验。
本期特刊为临床医生提供了有关补充和替代医学的信息总结以及更好满足癌症患者需求的观点。