RT Book, Section
A1 Lee, Richard Tsong
A1 Garcia, M. Kay
A1 Chaoul, M. Alejandro
A1 Baynham-Fletcher, Laura
A1 Gower, Lisa M.
A1 Cohen, Lorenzo
A2 Duffy, James D.
A2 Valentine, Alan D.
SR Print(0)
ID 1125786487
T1 Integrative Medicine in Cancer Care
T2 MD Anderson Manual of Psychosocial Oncology
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071624381
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1125786487
RD 2024/04/24
AB Integrative  medicine  seeks  to  merge  conventional  medicine  and  complementary  therapies  in  a  manner  that  is  comprehensive,  personalized,  evidence-based,  and  safe  in  order  to  achieve  optimal  health  and  healing.  Although  applying  the  concept  of  integrative  medicine  to  cancer  care  is  still  in  its  formative  years,  a  number  of  comprehensive  cancer  centers  in  the  United  States  are  trying  to  put  this  concept  into  practice  under  the  term  integrative  oncology.  As  a  result  of  this  growing  interest  in  integrative  medicine  in  cancer  care,  the  National  Cancer  Institute  formed  the  Office  of  Cancer  Complementary  and  Alternative  Medicine  (OCCAM),  the  American  Cancer  Society  (ACS)  dedicated  a  portion  of  its  Web  site  to  assessment  of  complementary  therapies,  the  Consortium  of  Academic  Centers  for  Integrative  Medicine  created  an  oncology  working  group,  and  the  Society  for  Integrative  Oncology  (SIO)  was  formed.  The  SIO  mission  is  to  study  and  facilitate  cancer  treatment  and  recovery  through  the  use  of  integrated  complementary  therapeutic  options,  including  natural  and  botanical  products,  nutrition,  acupuncture,  massage,  mind–body  therapies,  and  other  complementary  modalities  (www.integrativeonc.org).  This  chapter  will  review  the  role  of  integrative  oncology  in  cancer  care  with  an  emphasis  on  a  comprehensive  approach,  an  overview  of  the  evidence,  educational  resources  to  guide  health  care  providers  and  patients,  and  guidelines  for  creating  a  comprehensive,  integrative  treatment  plan  for  cancer  patients.