This resource provides information for veterans with cancer and their caregivers. It helps break down if veterans are more likely to have cancer, what happens after diagnosis, how to work with insurance companies, common questions and more.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Integrative oncology uses complementary and lifestyle therapies to support conventional cancer care, manage side effects of treatments, and help patients heal.
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.
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…
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.
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…