补充/替代医学在癌症中的流行情况：一项系统综述。
The prevalence of complementary/alternative medicine in cancer: a systematic review.
作者信息
Ernst E, Cassileth B R
机构信息
Department of Complementary Medicine, Postgraduate Medical School, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
出版信息
Cancer. 1998 Aug 15;83(4):777-82. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19980815)83:4<777::aid-cncr22>3.0.co;2-o.
BACKGROUND
Complementary/alternative cancer treatments are believed to be prevalent. However, reliable prevalence rates do not exist. The aim of this review was to summarize the existing data on this topic.
METHODS
A series of computerized literature searches was performed to locate all published studies documenting the prevalence of complementary and/or alternative therapy (CAM) use among patients with cancer.
RESULTS
A total of 26 surveys from 13 countries, including 4 studies of pediatric patients, was retrieved. The use of CAM therapies in adult populations ranged from 7-64%. The average prevalence across all adult studies was 31.4%.
CONCLUSIONS
This large degree of variability most likely is due to different understandings of "complementary/alternative medicine" on the part of both investigators and patients. It is likely that the results of the current study reflect the primarily adjunctive use of CAM treatments. Future studies should use a standardized protocol to determine the true prevalence of these therapies more closely.
背景
人们认为补充和替代癌症治疗方法很普遍。然而，目前尚无可靠的流行率数据。本综述的目的是总结关于该主题的现有数据。
方法
进行了一系列计算机化文献检索，以查找所有已发表的记录癌症患者使用补充和/或替代疗法（CAM）流行率的研究。
结果
共检索到来自13个国家的26项调查，其中包括4项针对儿科患者的研究。成人中使用CAM疗法的比例在7%至64%之间。所有成人研究的平均流行率为31.4%。
结论
这种较大程度的变异性很可能是由于研究人员和患者对“补充/替代医学”的理解不同。当前研究的结果可能主要反映了CAM治疗的辅助使用情况。未来的研究应采用标准化方案，以更准确地确定这些疗法的真实流行率。
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