Cassileth, B., & Vickers, A. | 2004 | Evaluate the effect of massage therapy in pain, fatigue, stress/anxiety, nausea and depression. | Almost- experimental | EVA | 1290 cancer patients | -Reduction of pain, fatigue, stress, anxiety, nausea and depression approximately 50% and in the same clinic improved 10% more than in the relocation and more durability. |
Deng, G., & Cassileth, B. | 2005 | Evaluate the effect of massage therapy in the relief of symptoms | Prospective | EVA | 230 cancer patients | -Decrease in the incidence of muscle fatigue, anxiety, depression, rescue analgesic consumption and improved circulatory and respiratory pattern. |
Ferreira, A., & Lauretti, G. | 2007 | Evaluate the effects of therapeutic massage in the control of pain | Experimental | Pain (EAN) and quality of life (EORTC QLC-C30) | 34 cancer patients | -Decrease in consumption of morphine |
Wilkinson, S., Love, S., Wesrcombe, A., Gambles, M., Burgess, C., Cargill, A., et al. | 2007 | Assess the effectiveness of care with massage the management of anxiety and depression | Randomized | subscale of State Anxiety Inventory (SAI), Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) | 288 cancer patients | -There were no significant differences in improvement of anxiety and depression; -The anxiety improved self-report for patients who received massage therapy. This relationship did not exist for the self-report of depression. |
Billhut, A., Bergbom, I., & Stenes-Victorin, E. | 2007 | Evaluate the effect of massage therapy in levels of nausea, anxiety and depression | Randomized | Eva for nausea and for the remaining variables used the HADS | 39 women with breast cancer doing chemotherapy | -Significant Reduction of nausea in the experimental group; -There was no differences between anxiety and depression in both groups. |
Kutner, S., Smith, M., Corbin, L., Kemphill, l., Benton, K., & Mellis, K. | 2008 | Evaluate the effectiveness of the massage to decrease pain and distress of symptoms and improve quality of life Evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic massage in improving the quality of life, pain, stress, suffering | Randomized | Memorial Pain Assessment Card; Brief Pain Inventory [BPI]; McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire; Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale | 380 advanced cancer patients | -Immediate improvements in mood and in pain, with more relevance in the experimental group. -In the long term there was no statistical differences corroborate the improvement in quality of life, pain, stress, suffering and in decreasing the use of painkillers. |
Currin, J.; Meister. E. | 2008 | Analyze the impact of massage therapy in pain, physical and emotional desnconforto and fatigue | Not randomized |
| 251 cancer patients | -Decrease of pain, discomfort, emotional and physical fatigue. |
Young, C. | 2008 |
| Experimental |
| 28 terminal cancer | -Decreased pain and depression for the experimental group. |