2009
DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(09)70676-7
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3077 Complementary medicine use among Moroccan patients with cancer

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“…Many patients with breast cancer turn to complementary therapies to deal with the symptoms of the disease. ( 32 , 33 ) A total of 33% to 47% of women worldwide and 48% to 80% of American women make use of such therapies, ( 34 ) and meditation is one of complementary alternatives that positively influences the rehabilitation by reducing pain, stress, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and even the side effects caused by drug treatments. ( 35 , 36 ) Meditation was originally proposed by Kabat-Zinn and it has been successfully incorporated in a number of clinical interventions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many patients with breast cancer turn to complementary therapies to deal with the symptoms of the disease. ( 32 , 33 ) A total of 33% to 47% of women worldwide and 48% to 80% of American women make use of such therapies, ( 34 ) and meditation is one of complementary alternatives that positively influences the rehabilitation by reducing pain, stress, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and even the side effects caused by drug treatments. ( 35 , 36 ) Meditation was originally proposed by Kabat-Zinn and it has been successfully incorporated in a number of clinical interventions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This was mostly because their doctors did not ask about the use of CAMs. 14 , 18 In our study, providers most often thought that patients did not approach them because their response would be negative (83.3%) or that they would not know sufficient information about CAMs (44.7%). Prior survey studies of patients with cancer have found that these are common sentiments, and 2 studies showed that less than half of patients knew a physician with competence in CAMs.…”
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confidence: 74%
“…15 Thus, national and international literature reveals that the use of PICs occurs mainly in individuals with malignancies in general as bladder cancer, head and neck, colorectal, kidney, lung, ovarian, prostate, melanoma, skin, gynecological, liver, stomach, lymphoma, leukemia, among others; 3-4,10-11,16-38 being the female audience as participative. 20 In what refers to the specific malignancies, the most discussed in the literature were breast cancer 3,11,20,24,28,[38][39][40][41][42][43] and childhood cancer -lymphoma, leukemia, retinoblastoma and solid tumors. [44][45] In oncology context, the PICs are used in combination with chemotherapy and surgery and clinical cases with poor prognosis.…”
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“…[44][45] In oncology context, the PICs are used in combination with chemotherapy and surgery and clinical cases with poor prognosis. 17,28 Looking for, thus, aiming healing, strengthening the immune system, minimizing the signs and symptoms of the disease, improving quality of life and the incentive to continue the conventional treatment. 3,19,[22][23] It read, also, the use of such practices with the purpose to prevent recurrent cases of the disease.…”
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