Integrative Medicine for Pain Management in Oncology
Key Points
Key Points
- Effective pain management is of critical importance throughout the cancer care trajectory.
- Pain management requires an interdisciplinary approach and should include both pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments, where appropriate.
- Integrative medicine includes interventions such as acupuncture, massage, meditation, and yoga that are recommended for symptom and pain management.
- The key guiding principle of integrative medicine is to use these interventions along with conventional pain management approaches (e.g., medications, radiation, injections, physical therapies). It is not intended to replace conventional interventions.
Pain Management
Pain Manage...
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...omatase Inhibitor-Related Joint Pain...
...ommendation 1.1Acupuncture should be offered t...
...ndation 1.2Yoga may be offered to...
...Cancer Pain or Musculoskeletal Pain...
...ecommendation 1.3Acupuncture may be offered to...
...commendation 1.4Reflexology or acupressure may be...
...ation 1.5Massage may be offered to patients exp...
...ndation 1.6Hatha yoga may be offer...
...n 1.7Guided imagery with progressive musc...
...Induced Peripheral Neuropath...
...ation 1.8Acupuncture may be offered to...
...tion 1.9Reflexology or acupressure may be off...
...rocedural or Surgical Pain
...ation 1.10Hypnosis may be offered t...
...mendation 1.11Acupuncture or acupressure may...
...ecommendation 1.12Music therapy may be off...
...ing Palliative Car...
...ation 1.13Massage may be offered to patients...
...Although many of the recommendations ar...
...1. Integrative Therapies for Cancer P...
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