Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Cancer

Cassileth, Barrie R.; Deng, Gary

doi:10.1634/theoncologist.9-1-80

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“…Th ey all were very open and interested in the study, asked questions about CAM they used, and a bond and trust were developed between the patient and the physician who was supervising the questionnaire completion. To encourage open communication about CAM use by patients, oncologists should be familiar with the most popular remedies and know where to fi nd reliable information for themselves and for their patients 10 . Th e cost could also be one of the reasons for deciding to use or not to use CAM, since almost half of the patients included in the study had low income (<400 €), and average cost of monthly CAM therapy was 114 €.…”

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Use of Alternative and Complementary Medicine in Patients With Malignant Diseases in High-Volume Cancer Center and Future Aspects

Kust

2016

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SUMMARY -Usage of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is steadily increasing over the last decades, gaining medical, economic and sociological importance. Th e aim of the present study was to assess the use of complementary and alternative therapies in cancer patients. A crosssectional, descriptive survey design was used to collect data through an anonymous questionnaire. A total of 267 patients were included in the study. Th e prevalence of CAM use among cancer patients in this study was 60.3%. It was found that 61 heterogeneous CAM therapies were used, the most popular among patients being naturopathy/folk medicine. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, independent predictors of CAM use were high income, divorced status, female sex and younger age. In conclusion, considering the fact that a large proportion of patients used at least one CAM approach, we need to continue our eff orts to improve the patient-oncologist communication in order to deliver most reliable information to patients and to better understand the possible standard medicine-CAM interactions. According to results of the latest studies, CAM therapies that help manage pain, nausea, fatigue, anxiety, and other symptoms should be integrated into the patient overall care.

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Use of Alternative and Complementary Medicine in Patients With Malignant Diseases in High-Volume Cancer Center and Future Aspects

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2016

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“…9 One of the arenas in which there has been substantial interest in the use of CAM modalities is in the field of oncology, both during active treatment and in the post-treatment survivorship phase. [10][11][12][13][14][15] The majority of published studies have either focused on the treatment phase or have included both patients and survivors without making a distinction between these phases.…”

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Potential role of mind-body therapies in cancer survivorship

Monti

Sufian

Peterson

2008

Cancer

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The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by cancer survivors is high, particularly among those with psychosocial distress, poor quality of life, culturally based health beliefs, and those who experience health disparities in the mainstream healthcare system. As the number of cancer survivors continues to increase, so does the diversity of the survivorship population, making it increasingly important to understand and address the CAM culture in different survivor groups. Given the known communication barriers between cancer patients and their physicians regarding CAM, it would be useful for oncology providers to have a platform from which to discuss CAM-related issues. It is proposed that mind-body therapies with some basis in evidence could provide such a platform and also serve as a possible means of connecting cancer survivors to psychosocial supportive services. This article reviews a few mind-body therapies that may have particular relevance to cancer survivors, such as hypnosis and meditation practices. A theoretical foundation by which such therapies provide benefit is presented, with particular emphasis on self-regulation.

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“…There is an on-going quest to discover drugs for diseases with genetic defects like cancer [80][81][82][83] . The purpose of investigating the histone code is to uncover the power of the epigenetic code and its use in drug design and discovery.…”

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Analysis of the Hox epigenetic code

Ezziane¹

2012

WJCO

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Archetypes of histone modifications associated with diverse chromosomal states that regulate access to DNA are leading the hypothesis of the histone code (or epigenetic code). However, it is still not evident how these post-translational modifications of histone tails lead to changes in chromatin structure. Histone modifications are able to activate and/or inactivate several genes and can be transmitted to next generation cells due to an epigenetic memory. The challenging issue is to identify or "decrypt" the code used to transmit these modifications to descent cells. Here, an attempt is made to describe how histone modifications operate as part of histone code that stipulates patterns of gene expression. This papers emphasizes particularly on the correlation between histone modifications and patterns of Hox gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans . This work serves as an example to illustrate the power of the epigenetic machinery and its use in drug design and discovery.

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Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Cancer

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Cited by 294 publications

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Use of Alternative and Complementary Medicine in Patients With Malignant Diseases in High-Volume Cancer Center and Future Aspects

Use of Alternative and Complementary Medicine in Patients With Malignant Diseases in High-Volume Cancer Center and Future Aspects

Potential role of mind-body therapies in cancer survivorship

Analysis of the Hox epigenetic code

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