Herbal medicines for cancer cachexia: protocol for a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To assess the efficacy of herbal medicines as a treatment of cancer cachexia.

Methods and analysis

We will search the following 13 electronic databases from their inception. MEDLINE (PubMed), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), EMBASE, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang, Journal Integration Platform (VIP) and six Korean Medical Databases (KoreaMed, the Korean Traditional knowledge Portal, OASIS, DBPIA, the Research Information Service System and the Korean Studies Information Service System) without restrictions on time or language. The data will be extracted independently by two authors using predefined criteria. Disagreements will be resolved by discussion between

SUBMITTER: Park B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4054631 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature