Acupuncture for cancer pain: a scoping review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to the effectiveness and safety, acupuncture, one of the traditional therapies of Chinese medicine, has been widely used in clinical practice globally. A few systematic review or meta-analyses have proved its effectiveness and safety towards patients with cancer pain, while there are no syntheses among those evidence. The aim of this scoping review is to summarize the evidence from systematic reviews of acupuncture for the treatment of cancer pain and evaluate the breadth and methodological quality of these evidence as well.

Methods

The scoping review process was guided by the methodology framework of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA ScR) and “Arkseyand O’Malley six-stage framework”. El

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10226720 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature