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Integrating Non-pharmacological Therapies with Western Medicine in Cancer Treatment

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Evidence-based Non-pharmacological Therapies for Palliative Cancer Care

Part of the book series: Evidence-based Anticancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine ((ACAM,volume 4))

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Abstract

Each year, ten million people are diagnosed with cancer around the world and global cancer rates are increasing. There is also a rise in the number of cancer survivors living with symptoms and disabilities as a result of their disease and/or its treatment. Generally pharmacological interventions are recommended for symptom management, because most of the studies shown their sufficient strong empirical evidence of effectiveness. However, some research results indicate that physical and cognitive modalities have benefit in management of pain; psycho-education in reducing fatigue; acupuncture, acupressure, cognitive distraction, psycho-educational support and hypnosis in management of nausea and vomiting; and cryotherapy in prevention of chemotherapy induced nail changes. Resistance exercise was found to be effective in reducing the severity of fatigue. A significant effect was found for music therapy in pain management, for psychosocial intervention specific for fatigue, and oral cryotherapy for mucositis. In conclusion, there is an urgent need for well-designed randomized controlled trials to test the effectiveness of non-­pharmacological interventions.

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Can, G. (2013). Integrating Non-pharmacological Therapies with Western Medicine in Cancer Treatment. In: Cho, W. (eds) Evidence-based Non-pharmacological Therapies for Palliative Cancer Care. Evidence-based Anticancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5833-9_11

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