Complementary therapies for supportive cancer care

Comprehensive cancer care: integrating alternative, complementary and conventional therapies

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Complementary therapies and childhood cancer.

BACKGROUND The use of complementary and alternative therapies by children with cancer is common. Up to 84% of children have used complementary therapies along with conventional medical treatment for cancer. METHODS We reviewed the PubMed and CINAHL databases for studies published between 1994 and 2004 on the use of complementary and alternative therapies by children with cancer and reports fr...

Integrating Complementary & Alternative Therapies with Conventional Care

This publication is one in a series of educational resource materials on complementary and alternative health care issues published by the and is thus in the public domain; it may be quoted freely with proper credit. Please cite as follows: Integrating Complementary & Alternative Therapies with Conventional Care is one of a series of publications entitled The Convergence of Complementary, Alter...

Massage in supportive cancer care.

OBJECTIVE To review recent findings on the utilization of massage by cancer patients, including evidence of effects in supportive and palliative cancer care, current understanding of safety considerations and adaptations needed, education of professional and family caregivers to provide this form of support, and guidelines for oncology nurses in referring patients. DATA SOURCES Journal articl...

Supportive Care and Newer Therapies in Aplastic Anaemia.