Moxibustion + conventional treatment vs Western medicine
- Moxibustion for alleviating side effects of chemotherapy or radiotherapy in people with cancer 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted3 studies · 262 participantsLow
Moxibustion + conventional treatment may leads to higher objective outcome measure: haemoglobin (g/L) compared with conventional medicine alone (low certainty).
Moxibustion + conventional treatment showed no clear difference in objective outcome measure: platelet (× 109/L) compared with conventional medicine alone (low certainty).
Moxibustion + conventional treatment showed no clear difference in the incidence and severity of toxicities: leukopenia (WHO grade 3 to… compared with conventional medicine alone (low certainty).
Moxibustion + conventional treatment may leads to higher qoL (EORTC QLQ‐c30) compared with conventional medicine alone (low certainty).
Moxibustion + conventional treatment may leads to lower patient‐reported symptom: nausea/vomiting (WHO grade 3 to 4) compared with conventional medicine alone (low certainty).
Moxibustion + conventional treatment showed no clear difference in patient‐reported symptom: diarrhoea compared with conventional medicine alone (low certainty).