External treatment of traditional Chinese medicine for cancer pain: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer pain is one of the most intolerable and frightening symptoms of cancer patients. However, the clinical effect of the three-step analgesic ladder method (TSAL) is not satisfactory. The combination of external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can improve the clinical effect.

Objective

This study used network meta-analysis to compare the effects of different external treatment methods of TCM combined with TSAL on cancer pain.

Methods

Databases searched by our team included Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane Library. Randomized controlled trials related to the external treatment of TCM combined with TSAL for cancer pain were screened from the establishment of the database till now. The above literature ext

SUBMITTER: Jin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11309619 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature