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
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...Inhibitor-Related Joint Pain
....1Acupuncture should be offered to patients...
...ecommendation 1.2Yoga may be offered to patient...
...neral Cancer Pain or Musculoskeletal P...
...ecommendation 1.3Acupuncture may be offered...
....4Reflexology or acupressure may be offered...
...ation 1.5Massage may be offered to p...
...n 1.6Hatha yoga may be offered to pa...
...dation 1.7Guided imagery with progressive mus...
...erapy-Induced Peripheral Neu...
Recommendation 1.8Acupuncture may be offered to...
....9Reflexology or acupressure may be...
...ral or Surgical Pain...
...ndation 1.10Hypnosis may be offered to...
...mendation 1.11Acupuncture or acupressure may be of...
...ommendation 1.12Music therapy may be offered t...
...ring Palliative Care...
...ion 1.13Massage may be offered to patients...
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...gure 1. Integrative Therapies for C...
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