When combined with conventional medicine, complementary therapies may offer a more integrated approach to healing.
Women with breast cancer often have physical symptoms to deal with daily, such as pain, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, and fatigue. Some of these come from the disease itself. Others are side effects of treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation, or hormonal therapy.
While scientific research on most complementary therapies is relatively new and the studies are small, early results show that some complementary therapies may help ease physical and emotional symptoms in some people. When combined with conventional medicine, complementary therapies may offer a more integrated approach to healing.
To help doctors and patients understand which complementary therapies are safe and effective for people diagnosed with breast cancer, the Society for Integrative Oncology released guidelines that make recommendations about more than 80 complementary therapies in April 2017. See the list of complementary therapies and the guidelines at breast cancer.org:
https://www.breastcancer.org/treatment/complementa...