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 Managemen...
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...hibitor-Related Joint Pain...
...1.1Acupuncture should be offered to p...
...ecommendation 1.2Yoga may be offer...
...ral Cancer Pain or Musculoskele...
...ation 1.3Acupuncture may be offered to patie...
Recommendation 1.4Reflexology or acupre...
...tion 1.5Massage may be offered to pat...
Recommendation 1.6Hatha yoga may be offered to pat...
...endation 1.7Guided imagery with prog...
Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuro...
...n 1.8Acupuncture may be offered to patients exp...
...endation 1.9Reflexology or acupressure m...
...cedural or Surgical Pai...
...1.10Hypnosis may be offered to patients experienci...
...mmendation 1.11Acupuncture or acupressure may b...
...n 1.12Music therapy may be offered...
...in During Palliativ...
....13Massage may be offered to patients experi...
...Although many of the recommendations are weak and...
...e 1. Integrative Therapies for Cancer Pain...
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