Myers Cynthia D, Walton Tracy, Small Brent J
Integrative Medicine, Health Outcomes and Behavior Program, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Drive, MRC-PSY, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2008 Aug;22(4):649-60, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2008.04.003.
Massage therapy is increasingly available as a supportive therapy to patients in medical centers providing cancer treatment. This article provides an overview of the evidence base relevant to the use of massage with the intended goal of alleviating symptoms and side effects experienced by cancer patients. Collectively, the available data support the view that massage, modified appropriately, offers potential beneficial effects for cancer patients in terms of reducing anxiety and pain and other symptoms. Replication of preliminary studies with larger, more homogeneous patient samples and rigorous study designs will help to clarify which massage modalities have the most potential benefit for which patients before, during, and after specific types of cancer treatment.
在提供癌症治疗的医疗中心，按摩疗法越来越多地作为一种辅助疗法提供给患者。本文概述了与使用按摩相关的证据基础，其预期目标是减轻癌症患者所经历的症状和副作用。总体而言，现有数据支持这样一种观点，即经过适当调整的按摩，在减轻焦虑、疼痛和其他症状方面，对癌症患者具有潜在的有益效果。用更大、更同质的患者样本和严谨的研究设计对初步研究进行重复，将有助于明确在特定类型的癌症治疗之前、期间和之后，哪种按摩方式对哪些患者最具潜在益处。
