Veterans and Cancer Pocket Guide
About 6% of the current U.S. population is made up of military veterans. Americans aged 75+ include the most veterans – more than 4 in 10 men and 1 in 10 women in this age group have served.
Managing Change in Your Practice
This interactive guide will help practices walk through how to begin implementing whole person cancer care. You will: • Use the 7S model to understand how seven aspects of your organization need to be addressed, together, to integrate whole person…
Oncology Personal Health Inventory
The Personal Health Inventory (PHI) is a resource that can help you understand the whole health of the person you are treating. It allows the individual to think about where they are in their health journey. This specific version is…
Understanding the 2023 ASCO-SIO Guidelines on Cancer-Related Anxiety and Depression
Evidence in a guideline from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) supports using some integrative approaches to relieve anxiety and depression in adults with cancer. Anxiety and depression are common in people…
Understanding the 2022 ASCO/SIO Cancer Pain Management Guidelines
The SIO and the ASCO formed an expert panel to review the evidence about integrative treatments for cancer pain. The panel included experts in integrative oncology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology, palliative care, social sciences, mind-body medicine, nursing, and…
Making Whole Person Cancer Care Routine
Integrative oncology uses complementary and lifestyle therapies to support conventional cancer care, manage side effects of treatments, and help patients heal.
Helping Cancer Survivors Be Well: An Integrative Oncology Leadership Collaborative Case Study
The Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is a community cancer center that delivers hands-on, personalized care and advanced medicine to the Lancaster community. The cancer institute supports the mind, body, and spirit of patients and their families.
Cancer Health Care Disparities: An Integrative Oncology Leadership Collaborative Case Study
During the Integrative Oncology Leadership Collaborative, the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center team focused on addressing health care disparities among cancer patients by planning group medical visits, beginning work to offer patient resources in Spanish, and working to make integrative medicine…
Matching Patients with the Right Supportive Care Programs at the Right Time: Integrative Oncology Leadership Collaborative Case Study
During the Integrative Oncology Leadership Collaborative, the Inova Schar Cancer Institute team began to shift the focus from disease-specific care to whole person care by piloting the Personal Health Inventory (PHI) in one clinic and using this as an opportunity to better understand patients’ integrative care needs from day one.
Journaling for Cancer
Therapeutic writing is a kind of structured journal writing. It is a self-care tool to encourage deeper and clearer reflection, processing, and discovery. Therapeutic writing can help you heal, grow, and thrive. This therapeutic writing tool is to manage issues…