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Advance Access Publication 2 February 2008 eCAM 2010;7(3)375–381 doi:10.1093/ecam/nen006 Original Article The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Pain and Fatigue of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy 1 1 2 Nahid Aghabati , Eesa Mohammadi and Zahra Pour Esmaiel 1Department of Nursing, Tarbiat Modares University and 2Department of Nursing, Shahid Beheshti Medical Sciences University, Tehran, Iran Despite major advances in pain management, cancer pain is managed poorly in 80% of the patients with cancer. Due to deleterious side effects of pharmacology therapy in these people, there is an urgent need for clinical trials of non-pharmacological interventions. To examine the effect of therapeutic touch (TT) on the pain and fatigue of the cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, a randomized and three-groups experimental study—experimental (TT), placebo (placebo TT), and control (usual care)—was carried out. Ninety patients undergoing chemotherapy, exhibiting pain and fatigue of cancer, were randomized into one of the three groups in the Cancer Center of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran, Iran. Pain and fatigue were measured and recorded by participants before and after the intervention for 5 days (once a day). T