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Clinical practice guidelines on the evidence-based use of integrative therapies during and after breast cancer treatment
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Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Patients with breast cancer commonly use complementary and integrative therapies as supportive care during cancer treatment and to manage treatment-related side effects. However, evidence supporting the use of such therapies in the oncology setting is limited. This report provides updated clinical practice guidelines from the Society for Integrative Oncology on the use of integrative therapies for specific clinical indications during and after breast cancer treatment, including anxiety/stress, depression/mood disorders, fatigue, quality of life/physical functioning, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, lymphedema, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, pain, and sleep disturbance. Clinical practice guidelines are based on a systematic literature review from 1990 through 2015. Music therapy, meditation, stress management, and yoga are recommended for anxiety/stress reduction. Meditation, relaxation, yoga, massage, and music therapy are recommended for depression/mood disorders. Meditation and yoga are recommended to improve quality of life. Acupressure and acupuncture are recommended for reducing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Acetyl-L-carnitine is not recommended to prevent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy due to a possibility of harm. No strong evidence supports the use of ingested dietary supplements to manage breast cancer treatment-related side effects. In summary, there is a growing body of evidence supporting the use of integrative therapies, especially mind-body therapies, as effective supportive care strategies during breast cancer treatment. Many integrative practices, however, remain understudied, with insufficient evidence to be definitively recommended or avoided. CA Cancer J Clin 2017;67:194-232. © 2017 American Cancer Society.
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“The SIO reviewed all integrative therapies for women with breast cancer and generated evidence-based guidelines in 2017 (Greenlee et al. 2017).In these, the highest level of evidence (including data from only RCTs) supported music therapy, meditation, and yoga for anxiety/stress reduction; meditation, relaxation, yoga, and music therapy for depression/mood disorders; and meditation and yoga to”
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- Authors
- Greenlee, H., DuPont‐Reyes, M. J., Balneaves, L. G., Carlson, L. E., Cohen, M. R., Deng, G., Johnson, J. A., Mumber, M., Seely, D., Zick, S. M., Boyce, L. M., & Tripathy, D.
- Affiliations
- Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Associate Professor, College of Nursing Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Winnipeg MB Canada
- University of Calgary (CA)
- California Institute of Integral Studies (US)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Harbin Clinic (US)
- Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CA)
- University of Michigan (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Greenlee, Heather
- ORCID
- Venue
- CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2017-04-24
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 194-232
- ISSN
- 0007-9235 (ISSN-L)
- 1542-4863
- PMC
- PMC5892208
- OpenAlex
- W2607992798
- Cited by
- 768
- References
- 393
- Citations by year
- 2026: 53 · 2025: 67 · 2024: 93 · 2023: 102 · 2022: 103 · 2021: 102 · 2020: 101 · 2019: 72 · 2018: 58 · 2017: 14
- FWCI
- 99.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Southern California
- University of Pennsylvania
- Emory University
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- University of California, San Francisco
- National Cancer Institute (P30CA016672)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Research
- Keywords
- breast cancer, integrative therapy, complementary therapy, cancer supportive care, treatment side effects, stress and anxiety, fatigue, quality of life, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, lymphedema, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, pain, sleep disorders, mind-body interventions, music therapy, meditation, yoga, massage, acupressure, acupuncture, acetyl-L-carnitine, dietary supplements
- MeSH terms
- Complementary Therapies, Anxiety, Breast Neoplasms, Depression, Fatigue, Female, Humans, Lymphedema, Nausea, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, Quality of Life, Sleep Wake Disorders, Stress, Psychological, Vomiting, Mood Disorders
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