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The most studied such treatment, acupuncture, has demonstrated no benefit as an adjunct analgesic in cancer pain. The evidence for music therapy is equivocal, and some herbal interventions such as PC-SPES, mistletoe, and saw palmetto are known to be toxic to some cancer patients.
Anti-cancer psychotherapy – a technique [131] claiming that a "cancer personality" caused cancer, which could be cured through talk therapy (e.g. that of the Simonton Cancer Center, [132] Bernie Siegel's "Exceptional Cancer Patients" (ECaP) or Deepak Chopra). Evidence is lacking that cancer cures sold or promoted by Deepak Chopra have any value.
One 2019 investigation in JAMA Oncology found moderate evidence that “acupuncture and/or acupressure was significantly associated with lower pain intensity in patients with cancer compared with ...
To reduce the risk of serious adverse events after acupuncture, acupuncturists should be trained sufficiently. [11] A 2009 overview of Cochrane reviews found acupuncture is not effective for a wide range of conditions. [90] People with serious spinal disease, such as cancer or infection, are not good candidates for acupuncture. [2]
According to the US NIH National Cancer Institute, a review of 17,922 patients reported that real acupuncture relieved muscle and joint pain, caused by aromatase inhibitors, much better than sham acupuncture. [225] Regarding cancer patients, the review hypothesized that acupuncture may cause physical responses in nerve cells, the pituitary ...
Cancer Research UK statistics show that UK cancer survival has doubled in the past 50 years. In the US, the cancer death rate has declined 33% since 1990, thanks to modern treatments.
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is a United States government agency which explores complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It was initially created in 1991 as the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM), and renamed the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) before receiving its current name in 2014. [1]
Patrick Dempsey: My mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the late ‘90s, and she had over 12 recurrences and then ultimately in 2014, passed away. So that was my first real profound impact ...