TY - JOUR
T1 - Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Hematologic Malignancies
T2 - Questions and Challenges
AU - Frenkel, Moshe
AU - Sapire, Kenneth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - Hematologic malignancies represent 9.7% of all cancers, making them the fourth most common type of cancer in the United States. The aggressive and complex treatments administered in hematologic malignancies result in a high burden of psychological needs. Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) is becoming one of the options that patients use to address their distress during and after cancer treatments. It is not clear whether appropriate CIM can relieve distress in patients affected by these malignancies. This review covers the potential benefits of CIM as relates to nutrition, nutritional supplements, exercise, circadian rhythm, methods for reducing distress during bone marrow aspiration, massage therapy, and acupuncture, in treating patients with hematological malignancies. This review may provide a framework to enhance patient-doctor dialogue regarding CIM use in hematologic malignancies.
AB - Hematologic malignancies represent 9.7% of all cancers, making them the fourth most common type of cancer in the United States. The aggressive and complex treatments administered in hematologic malignancies result in a high burden of psychological needs. Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) is becoming one of the options that patients use to address their distress during and after cancer treatments. It is not clear whether appropriate CIM can relieve distress in patients affected by these malignancies. This review covers the potential benefits of CIM as relates to nutrition, nutritional supplements, exercise, circadian rhythm, methods for reducing distress during bone marrow aspiration, massage therapy, and acupuncture, in treating patients with hematological malignancies. This review may provide a framework to enhance patient-doctor dialogue regarding CIM use in hematologic malignancies.
KW - Acupuncture
KW - Alternative medicine
KW - Cancer care
KW - Complementary medicine
KW - Hematologic malignancies
KW - Nutrition
KW - Nutritional supplements
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U2 - 10.1007/s11912-017-0635-0
DO - 10.1007/s11912-017-0635-0
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29032389
AN - SCOPUS:85031760423
SN - 1523-3790
VL - 19
JO - Current oncology reports
JF - Current oncology reports
IS - 12
M1 - 79
ER -