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
...Management...
The following set of recommendations...
...nhibitor-Related Joint Pain...
...on 1.1Acupuncture should be offered to p...
...dation 1.2Yoga may be offered to patie...
...ancer Pain or Musculoskeletal Pain...
....3Acupuncture may be offered to patients experi...
...tion 1.4Reflexology or acupressure ma...
...tion 1.5Massage may be offered to pa...
...mmendation 1.6Hatha yoga may be offered to patien...
...tion 1.7Guided imagery with progressiv...
...herapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
...mmendation 1.8Acupuncture may be offere...
...on 1.9Reflexology or acupressure ma...
...ocedural or Surgical P...
...on 1.10Hypnosis may be offered to patients e...
...1.11Acupuncture or acupressure may be...
...ommendation 1.12Music therapy may be...
...uring Palliative Care
...dation 1.13Massage may be offered to pa...
...ny of the recommendations are weak and based...
...tegrative Therapies for Cancer Pai...
...ASCO believes that cancer clinical tr...