7-17 Breast Cancer and Complementary Medicine Approaches for Recovery and Chemotherapy Effects
The use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by patients with breast cancer and survivors is on the rise. A recent study of 115 breast cancer survivors at least 1 year beyond active medical treatment found that 69% of participants reported use of Complemenatry and Alternative Medicine (CAM).
"Of CAM users, 73% reported initiating or changing CAM activity specifically because of their cancer diagnosis. Patients engaging in CAM for cancer-related reasons were younger and had been diagnosed with cancer at a younger age."
Manual Therapies are being used to decrease nausea and fatigue as well as support the immune system in people with cancer.
There are a number of hands-on therapies that support the immune system: massage therapy (Shor-Posner,2006),(Field,2005) and (Hernandez-Reif,2004); Integrative Manual Therapy(Burnham,2007) and (Giammtteo,2005); Qigong (Lee,2003)&(Lee,2005); Reflexology(Lee,2006); Osteopathic Manual Therapy (Noll,2004) and (Hruby,2007), and acupuncture. (Karst,2003) and (Breast Cancer Org).
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