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 Alternative Therapy

 

Integrative care options help pain management

May 29, 2012

The variety of options available to help patients manage their pain can improve quality of life during and after cancer treatment.
 

Integrative care options and resources

May 16, 2012

Cancer patients may wish to explore acupuncture or other integrative care options. The following article details several options and provides related resources.
 

Meditation techniques 
and clinical trials for patients

April 19, 2012

Meditation can help relieve stress in cancer patients. The following article details several types of meditation and includes related clinical trials.
 

Relaxation Techniques and Mind/Body Practices: How They Can Help You Cope With Cancer

February 21, 2012

Deep breathing and meditation can help cancer patients relieve stress. This fact sheet reviews a number of relaxation techniques that patients can use.
 

Meditation technique brings peace of mind to breast cancer survivors

Delicia Honen Yard January 16, 2012

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) showed a trend toward improving psychological outcomes by reducing mood disturbance in women who had survived early-stage breast cancer.
 

Exploring holistic medicine: Using acupuncture to relieve cancer-related fatigue

December 19, 2011

The ancient Eastern medicinal art can relieve one of the most distressing effects of cancer and cancer treatment: fatigue.
 

Incentive spirometer inspires a video game that encourages 
recovery in pediatric patients

December 19, 2011

An incentive spirometer was the inspiration for a video game to help young cancer patients rebuild lung function.
 

Laser therapy may be an option in removal of premalignant skin lesions

Delicia Honen Yard December 07, 2011

When surgery or radiation therapy cannot be used to remove the common precancerous skin lesion lentigo maligna, carbon dioxide laser ablation may be a useful alternative.
 

Integrative oncology—October 2010

October 01, 2010

The author introduces The Annie Appleseed Project and previews its upcoming annual meeting.
 

Freezing tumors may effectively stop spread of breast cancer

March 26, 2010

Freezing techniques may improve survival rates in patients with breast cancer more than surgery can, according to researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
 

Web Exclusives

Posttransplant lenalidomide can slow down multiple myeloma

Delicia Honen Yard May 29, 2012

Lenalidomide use after autologous stem-cell transplant significantly improved progression-free and overall survival in patients with myeloma.
 

Melanoma genome study implicates sun and new genetic culprits

Delicia Honen Yard May 28, 2012

Genetic mutations increased along with chronic sun exposure in persons with melanoma, and yet another gene may contribute to disease risk as well.
 

Modified stem cells keep glioblastoma at bay

Delicia Honen Yard May 25, 2012

Three patients with glioblastoma lived longer than predicted after receiving transplants of their own blood stem cells that had been gene-modified.
 

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