TABLE 1.
MeSH and Key Word Search Terms | Case Reports* | Clinical Trials* | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
GENERAL | Total Hits | Excluded | Total Hits | Excluded |
Phytotherapy and adverse events | 2 | 2 | 67 | 66 |
SURGERY | ||||
Complementary medicine and surgery | 404 | 404 | 536 | 536 |
Complementary medicine and postoperative bleeding | 6 | 6 | 34 | 34 |
Complementary medicine and narcotic analgesics | 42 | 42 | 86 | 86 |
Complementary medicine and anesthesia | 88 | 87 | 419 | 419 |
Complementary medicine and adverse surgical outcomes | 4 | 4 | 54 | 54 |
Herbal medicines and perioperative care | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
Herbal medicines and bleeding | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
Herbal medicines and surgery | 9 | 8 | 173 | 173 |
CYPs | ||||
Complementary medicine and cytochrome P450 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 |
Complementary medicine and liver enzymes | 26 | 24 | 42 | 42 |
Herbal extracts and cytochrome P450 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 18 |
Complementary medicine and cytochrome P450 interactions | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 |
Herbal medicines and drug metabolism | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 |
Complementary medicine and drug metabolism | 185 | 184 | 986 | 985 |
Complementary medicine and drug metabolism interactions | 7 | 7 | 65 | 61 |
CAM, CYPs AND CHEMOTHERAPY | ||||
Complementary medicine and paclitaxel | 13 | 13 | 69 | 69 |
Complementary medicine and Docetaxel | 1 | 1 | 41 | 41 |
Complementary medicine and cyclophosphamide | 37 | 37 | 121 | 121 |
Complementary medicine and Ifosfamide | 7 | 7 | 18 | 18 |
Complementary medicine and carboplatin | 10 | 10 | 41 | 41 |
Complementary medicine and cisplatin | 17 | 17 | 130 | 130 |
Complementary medicine and Gemcitabine | 9 | 9 | 57 | 55 |
Complementary medicine and Etoposide | 11 | 11 | 48 | 47 |
Complementary medicine and Vinorelbine | 2 | 2 | 22 | 22 |
Complementary medicine and Doxorubicin | 26 | 26 | 116 | 116 |
Search terms providing greater than 150 results were considered too broad to be useful and were thus not utilized for the purposes of this review