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Audrey Murat-Ringot1, Marie Preau2, Vincent Piriou3
1Université de Lyon, université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, HESPER EA7425, 69008 Lyon, France; Hospices civils de Lyon, hôpital Lyon Sud, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite cedex, France; Université Lyon 2, institut de psychologie, laboratoire GRePS, EA 4163, 5, avenue P. -Mendès-France, 69676 Bron, France.
Abstract:
More and more cancer patients around the world are using complementary and alternative medicine. They are mostly used as a complement to conventional care in decreasing the side effects of treatment and improving their quality of life. However, patients often use them without reporting it to their oncologists; the main reasons being the short duration of consultation and the fact that their oncologists do not support them due to a lack of scientific evidence. There are hundreds of them, some of which are now being used in French healthcare institutions as supportive care. The randomized controlled trial is the gold standard of evidence-based medicine, which is why we have carried out an overview of randomized controlled trials carried out around the world on alternative and complementary medicine.
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