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RESOURCE TYPE: Evidence-based guideline
PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT: Development according to NICE recommendations. An international expert group identified clinical priorities and questions to scope literature reviews. The draft was made available for public input. GRADES was used to identify the level of evidence and formulate draft recommendations. Consensus on recommendations was obtained using a Delphi technique. The specifics of the literature search strategy are not provided.
No information about results of literature searching are provided.
There was limited reporting and no summary of the evidence base for recommendations in this document.
This review provides weak evidence that shows no support for use of cannabinoids to improve appetite in patients with cancer. Individual patients may report some benefit of cannabinoids in terms of appetite, but there is no real evidence to support efficacy for this symptom.