The efficacy of acupoint stimulation for the management of therapy-related adverse events in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review

Authors
Category Structured summary of systematic reviews
JournalDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Year 2010
CRD SUMMARY: The review found that acupoint stimulation reduced chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting among breast cancer patients, but that there was insufficient good quality evidence about other treatment-related adverse events. Given weaknesses in the review (such as language bias and suboptimal reporting), and the small size and limited quality of the primary studies, the authors’ conclusions may not be reliable.
Epistemonikos ID: 360536ba945e50f174f01dab3cc4f95ff62f674a
First added on: Jun 07, 2012