Abstract
Hypnosis has been shown to alleviate symptoms and side effects of cancer and its treatment. However, less is known about the use of hypnosis at the end of life in individuals with cancer. Our goal was to systematically review the literature on the use of hypnosis to manage the most common symptoms of end-of-life cancer patients: fatigue, sleep disturbances, pain, appetite loss, and dyspnea. EMBASE, MEDLINE, COCHRANE, PsychINFO, and SCOPUS databases were searched from inception through November 7, 2016. No studies met the inclusion criteria. It appears that hypnosis has never been rigorously tested as a means to ameliorate the most common symptoms in individuals with cancer at the end of their lives. This finding is troubling, as it strongly implies that a population most in need has been largely neglected. However, a clear future research direction is revealed that may have significant clinical impact.
References
Aug 1, 1983·Psychosomatic Medicine·D Spiegel, J R Bloom
Dec 31, 1997·Journal of Pain and Symptom Management·C ConillA Garrigos
Apr 19, 2000·The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis·G H MontgomeryW H Redd
Aug 2, 2000·Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology·A JatoiP L Nguyen
Jun 18, 2002·The Lancet Oncology·Jay R Thomas, Charles F von Gunten
Aug 23, 2005·Palliative Medicine·M RajasekaranI L Higginson
Sep 9, 2006·Pain·Elvira V LangJanet Baum
Dec 13, 2006·Journal of Pain and Symptom Management·Jacob Chr HølenStein Kaasa
Apr 13, 2007·Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer·Rachel P RiechelmannCamilla Zimmermann
Aug 31, 2007·Journal of the National Cancer Institute·Guy H MontgomeryJeffrey H Silverstein
Sep 1, 2007·European Journal of Cancer Care·J RichardsonI Kirsch
Dec 1, 2007·Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology·Carol TishelmanMirjam A G Sprangers
Jun 24, 2008·The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis·Eitan G AbramowitzHaim Y Knobler
Mar 20, 2009·Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy·Ulf E Kongsgaard, Mads U Werner
May 16, 2009·Palliative Medicine·A T JohnsenM Groenvold
Dec 8, 2010·Cancer·Lisa BarberaDeborah Dudgeon
Feb 9, 2011·Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology·Hsien SeowCraig Earle
Jun 30, 2011·Journal of Palliative Medicine·Johannes M GiesingerBernhard Holzner
Oct 22, 2011·Maturitas·Ana Catarina Pinto, Evandro de Azambuja
Apr 14, 2012·Molecular Biology of the Cell·David G Drubin, Douglas R Kellogg
Nov 17, 2012·The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis·Pascale PicardBruno Aublet-Cuvellier
Nov 22, 2012·CA: a Cancer Journal for Clinicians·Guy H MontgomeryKate Kravits
Jan 15, 2014·Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology·Guy H MontgomeryJulie B Schnur
Jul 10, 2014·Journal of the National Cancer Institute·Bryce B ReeveDeborah Watkins Bruner
Jul 30, 2014·Palliative Medicine·Eleanor WilsonJane Seymour
Sep 1, 2013·EJC Supplements : EJC : Official Journal of EORTC, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer ... [et Al.]·Maria Die Trill
Aug 19, 2015·Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN·Ann M BergerUNKNOWN National comprehensive cancer network
Jul 29, 2016·Psycho-oncology·M E MendozaM P Jensen
Sep 28, 2016·Patient Related Outcome Measures·Fangxin HongDonna L Berry
Citations
Jul 17, 2020·The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine : Research on Paradigm, Practice, and Policy·Susan ArentzGary Deed
Nov 14, 2018·Current Oncology Reports·Linda E CarlsonUtkarsh Subnis
Oct 31, 2020·International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease·Hernán AnllóFrançois Larue
May 1, 2018·Pancreatology : Official Journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et Al.]·Asbjørn M DrewesRupjyoti Talukdar