Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA.
Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
BMC Complement Med Ther. 2024 Apr 22;24(1):170. doi: 10.1186/s12906-024-04446-w.
The management of cancer-related symptoms with nonpharmacological treatment has been proven effective, but more studies are still required to strengthen the scientific evidence. Given the state of the evidence, one might wonder about the perceptions of pediatric oncology experts, healthcare providers and CAM providers regarding the use of supportive care in pediatric oncology. Related to this important question, Mora et al. recently published an exploratory qualitative study entitled "Supportive care for cancer-related symptoms in pediatric oncology: a qualitative study among healthcare providers" in the BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies Journal. The data generated by the authors provided new insights and perspectives to the current literature. However, their findings must be put into perspective to increase the scope of the original article and to highlight that physical activity and psychosocial interventions are powerful nonpharmacological interventions to manage cancer-related symptoms.
非药物治疗癌症相关症状的管理已被证明是有效的,但仍需要更多的研究来加强科学证据。考虑到证据的状况,人们可能会想知道儿科肿瘤学专家、医疗保健提供者和补充与替代医学(CAM)提供者对儿科肿瘤学中使用支持性护理的看法。与这个重要问题相关,Mora 等人最近在 BMC 补充医学和治疗学杂志上发表了一项题为“儿科肿瘤学中与癌症相关症状的支持性护理:医疗保健提供者的定性研究”的探索性定性研究。作者生成的数据为当前文献提供了新的见解和观点。然而,他们的发现必须放在适当的背景下,以扩大原始文章的范围,并强调身体活动和心理社会干预是管理癌症相关症状的有力非药物干预措施。