Oncology

Complementary treatments help many people with cancer. These complementary therapies aren't intended to treat the cancer itself. But they can ease side effects and improve quality of life.₁

Randomized controlled studies indicate that many complementary therapies control treatment-related physical and emotional symptoms including pain, fatigue, nausea, xerostomia, anxiety, and depression in both adult and pediatric cancer patients. Importantly, many of these interventions produce long-lasting improvement.₂

• ease chemotherapy nausea
• reduce pain from cancer and treatment

Integrative Therapies

"What's great about the integrative approach is that it gives back a feeling of control.”₁

¹Society For Integrative Oncology. www.integrativeonc.org/complementary-therapies-and-cancer-care

²Cancer & Chemotherapy Reviews Integrative Oncology: Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care Barrie Cassileth; Marjet Heitzer; Jyothirmai Gubili Authors and Disclosures. Published: 02/12/2009.