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Cancer and Range of Motion / Joint Pain

Cancer and cancer treatments can lead to a decreased range of motion and increased joint pain…

Cancer and the Immune System: Keys to Health

We all have cancer cells — cells that grow abnormally — in our bodies. It is generally believed that the immune system’s natural capacity to detect and destroy abnormal cells prevents the development of many cancers.

Nevertheless, some cancer cells are able to evade detection and continue to grow…

Cancer Harbors: Filling the Gap in Survivorship Plans after Cancer Treatment

Listen to or read the summary of an interview by Marianne Woods Cirone, MS, MFA, CYT-500 with Alene Nitzky, Ph.D., RN, OCN ®, Founder of Cancer Harbors™…

Cancer-Modified Yoga: Resources for Yoga Teachers

We at the Integrative Cancer Review are dedicated to promoting safe, effective and accessible complementary and integrative therapies for cancer care, and yoga plays a key role in those therapies.

Recent research validates the role of yoga in cancer treatment and after care.

Researchers are reporting findings that are—perhaps–beyond what even many in the yoga community expected as to the many ways that yoga supports health and well-being in people affected by cancer…

Dealing with Fatigue During and After Cancer Treatment

Fatigue is a common symptom in people treated for cancer…

Depression after Cancer: My Experience by Jodi MacLeod

April of this year will mark thirteen years since my breast cancer diagnosis at age 34. While I have always felt grateful to have survived cancer, I have also wrestled with depression.

Unfortunately, I am not alone.

Depression occurs in cancer patients at a rate three to five times higher than that of the general population…

Developing a Clinical Practice in Integrative Oncology with Mark Rosenburg, M.D.

My Own Introduction into Integrative Cancer Therapies by Mark Rosenburg, MD…

Developing Culturally Inclusive Programming at a Cancer Resource Center By Jill Setork, MS, LCPC

As the Program Coordinator for a new cancer resource center in a demographically diverse area, Jill Setork, MS, LCPC shares how “my colleagues and I are particularly focused on providing culturally inclusive programs.”

Diet for Cancer: Eating from the Colors of the Rainbow

While there is much disagreement about nutrition as it relates to cancer, the words “Eat a rainbow of colors” is the advice from several cancer nutrition advocacy groups…

Education and Research: Foundational to Traditional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer Care

Researchers at the University Hospital at Udine, Italy concluded that informative sessions about complementary and alternative medicines could impact patients’ perceptions and opinions…

Exercise and Cancer:  Safe Options after Cancer Treatments

A great deal of research has been done on exercise and movement for people diagnosed with cancer…

Guide to Resources for People Affected by Cancer

Cancer-focused Nonprofits Serving Patients, Survivors, Families, Friends and Caregivers…

Healing after Cancer with Art and Writing

Expressing creativity can be healing to mind, body and soul, whether through visual art, writing or other avenues…

Healing Yoga Retreats after a Cancer Diagnosis: Part II with Lee Majewski, Yoga Therapist and Cancer Survivor

Part 2 of Lee Majewski’s 2 Part Article on how Yoga Therapy Retreats Empower Patients after a Cancer Diagnosis…

Healing Yoga Retreats after Cancer Treatment with Certified Yoga Therapist, Lee Majewski

Yoga for Health Institute (YHI) strives to fill the gaps in conventional medical care, which can leave individuals with varying degrees of isolation, fear, and depression, as well as physical side-effects resulting from treatments…