Acta oncologica
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Review Meta Analysis
Interventions for alleviating cancer-related dyspnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Dyspnea is commonly encountered by many cancer patients in the terminal stage of their disease and it severely hampers their quality of life. We aimed to evaluate the role of interventions to alleviate dyspnea. ⋯ Our systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrate a beneficial effect to opioids in alleviating cancer-related dyspnea, and no advantage for the use of oxygen.