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Integrative Medicine: Adjunctive Element or Essential Ingredient in Palliative and Supportive Cancer Care?
Moshe Frenkel1,2, Kenneth Sapire3, Judith Lacey4,5,6
1Department of Family Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA.
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (New York, N.Y.)
|September 14, 2020
Summary
Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) is vital for supportive cancer care, addressing physical, emotional, and spiritual needs throughout a patient's journey. CIM enhances well-being and reduces suffering, becoming an essential component of comprehensive cancer treatment.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Integrative Medicine
- Supportive Care
Background:
- Supportive cancer care aims to manage patients' physical, psychologic, and spiritual concerns.
- Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) is gaining acceptance for its role in supportive cancer care.
- CIM addresses unmet needs across all stages of cancer, including treatment, survivorship, and end-of-life care.
Purpose of the Study:
- To systematically review the contribution of CIM to supportive care across the cancer trajectory.
- To highlight the essential role of CIM in managing patients' holistic needs.
- To provide a sample of clinical research supporting CIM's integration into cancer care.
Main Methods:
- Narrative review of existing literature.
- Systematic examination of CIM's role in each stage of the cancer trajectory.
- Analysis of clinical research data.
Main Results:
- CIM effectively reduces physical and emotional suffering and distress.
- CIM enhances the well-being of cancer patients and their families.
- CIM addresses aspects of care not always covered by conventional treatments.
Conclusions:
- CIM is an important component of supportive and palliative cancer care for all patients.
- The integration of CIM is supported by increasing research and clinical experience.
- CIM plays a crucial role in supportive care throughout the entire cancer journey.
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