Effective smoking cessation interventions in people with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Continued smoking increases the risk of all-cause and cancer-specific mortality and adversely affects treatment outcomes. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in individuals diagnosed with cancer.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review across several databases, including PsychINFO, EMBASE (through OVID), PubMed (also through OVID), and CINAHL, of RCTs evaluating smoking intervention trials of adult cancer survivors regardless of cancer type, stage, or treatment received. The Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool 2 (ROB-2) evaluated the risk of bias. A meta-analysis was performed using fixed-effect models in R. The last database search was conducted in Marc

SUBMITTER: Aduse-Poku L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12716162 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature