[HTML][HTML] Effects of acupuncture, Tuina, Tai Chi, Qigong, and traditional Chinese medicine five-element music therapy on symptom management and quality of life for …

WW Tao, H Jiang, XM Tao, P Jiang, LY Sha… - Journal of pain and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Context Most cancer patients suffer from both the disease itself and symptoms induced by
conventional treatment. Available literature on the clinical effects on cancer patients of …

Effects of Mind‐Body Exercise in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

L Duan, Y Xu, M Li - Evidence‐Based Complementary and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. Mind‐body exercise may have potential benefits for cancer survivors according to
previous studies. We performed a systematic review and meta‐analysis to summarize the …

Growth of integrative medicine at leading cancer centers between 2009 and 2016: a systematic analysis of NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center websites

H Yun, L Sun, JJ Mao - Journal of the National Cancer Institute …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Cancer centers have increasingly offered integrative medicine therapies in
response to their patients' unmet needs. We evaluated the growth of integrative medicine in …

Effects of laughter therapy on quality of life in patients with cancer: An open-label, randomized controlled trial

T Morishima, I Miyashiro, N Inoue, M Kitasaka… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Few randomized controlled trials have assessed the effects of laughter therapy
on health-related quality of life (QOL) in cancer patients. This study aimed to evaluate these …

The effect of complementary and alternative medicine on the quality of life of cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analyses

C Shneerson, T Taskila, N Gale, S Greenfield… - … therapies in medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess whether quality of life (QOL) improved in cancer survivors who had
undertaken a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) intervention, compared to …

Adult cancer survivorship: evolution, research, and planning care

LA Jacobs, SC Palmer, LA Schwartz… - CA: A Cancer …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Increases in the number of adult cancer survivors and other issues have forced the oncology
community to examine, evaluate, and alter the cancer care paradigm. Pediatric oncologists …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of complementary and alternative medicines on quality of life in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review

ND Nayeri, F Bakhshi, A Khosravi… - Indian journal of palliative …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Breast cancer disease and its classic treatment lead to decrease in patients'
quality of life (QOL). This systematic review aimed to compare the effectiveness of …

Using mixed methods to identify and answer clinically relevant research questions

CL Shneerson, NK Gale - Qualitative health research, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The need for mixed methods research in answering health care questions is becoming
increasingly recognized because of the complexity of factors that affect health outcomes. In …

Patterns of self‐management practices undertaken by cancer survivors: variations in demographic factors

C Shneerson, T Taskila, R Holder… - European journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The study purpose was to examine self‐management (SM) use among cancer survivors;
and to explore variations in uptake of SM in survivorship and whether these differed in …

An international review of the patterns and determinants of health service utilisation by adult cancer survivors

C Treanor, M Donnelly - BMC health services research, 2012 - Springer
Background There is a need to review factors related to health service utilisation by the
increasing number of cancer survivors in order to inform care planning and the organisation …