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 Manageme...
The following set of recommendations are...
...nhibitor-Related Joint Pain...
....1Acupuncture should be offered to patient...
...dation 1.2Yoga may be offered to patie...
...al Cancer Pain or Musculoskeletal Pain...
...1.3Acupuncture may be offered to patie...
...tion 1.4Reflexology or acupressure may be offered...
...ation 1.5Massage may be offered to patients exp...
...tion 1.6Hatha yoga may be offered to patients exp...
...ommendation 1.7Guided imagery with progressive mus...
...motherapy-Induced Peripheral Ne...
...ndation 1.8Acupuncture may be offered to...
Recommendation 1.9Reflexology or acupressure...
...dural or Surgical Pain...
...ommendation 1.10Hypnosis may be offered t...
...ommendation 1.11Acupuncture or acupres...
Recommendation 1.12Music therapy may be of...
Pain During Palliative Care
...ecommendation 1.13Massage may be o...
...gh many of the recommendations are w...
...egrative Therapies for Cancer Pain...
...ASCO believes that cancer clinical trial...