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Uso de medicinas alternativas e complementares por pacientes com cĂąncer: revisĂŁo sistemĂĄtica Use of complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients: systematic review
O interesse no tema das medicinas alternativas e complementares tem aumentado, principalmente entre pacientes oncolĂłgicos. Realizou-se uma revisĂŁo sistemĂĄtica da literatura na base de dados PubMed sobre o perfil dos pacientes que optam pelo uso dessas medicinas e suas motivaçÔes. As palavras-chaves utilizadas na busca foram "cancer and complementary alternative medicine" e "oncology and complementary alternative medicine", no perĂodo 1995-2005. Os critĂ©rios de seleção foram: presença dos descritores no tĂtulo dos artigos, idiomas portuguĂȘs, inglĂȘs ou espanhol e terem sido realizados em população adulta. A partir de 43 artigos analisados, concluiu-se que a utilização de medicinas alternativas e complementares Ă© parte do escopo social desses pacientes. Seu uso Ă© importante na construção da identidade de pacientes com cĂąncer, ajudando-os nas decisĂ”es em relação ao tratamento convencional.<br>Interest in complementary and alternative medicine has increased, especially among oncology patients. A systematic literature review of the profile of patients who choose to use this type of medicine, as well as their motivations, was carried out on the PubMed database. For this search, the key words used were ?cancer and complementary alternative medicine? and ?oncology and complementary alternative medicine?, covering the period between 1995 and 2005. The selection criteria were the following: key words were present in the article title; article was written in either English, Portuguese, or Spanish; and study was performed with an adult population. From the 43 articles analyzed, it could be concluded that the use of complementary and alternative medicine is part of these patients? social scope. Moreover, its use plays an important role in the identity construction of cancer patients, helping them to make decisions related to conventional treatment