Research Articles

The following documents have been collated by the board and represent a variety of information that we feel may be of general interest. The SATCC aims to provide as much authentic information as it can, but obviously can take no direct responsibility for the content.

NMC2 research paper by Dr Neil Carpenter

Assessment of the current evidence on the affects of massage on cancer patients.

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Penny Brohn Cancer Care

Penny Brohn Cancer Care supports massage as a safe and beneficial therapy for those with cancer when practised by a therapist with appropriate experience and/or training.

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Wellness Trends for 2017 and beyond as identified at the Global Wellness Summit.

Equality and fairness in wellness was a common theme at this year’s Summit. Cancer sufferers, typically underserved when it comes to wellness options.

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Massage Therapy Promising for Reducing Pain, Fatigue and Anxiety in Cancer Populations

The first (2016) systematic review to assess function-related outcomes and health-related quality of life in cancer pain populations concluded that massage therapy appears promising for reducing pain intensity/severity, fatigue and anxiety.

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Swedish Massage Therapy Decreases Cancer-Related Fatigue

Trial from Emory University School of Medicine, studying breast cancer survivors, indicated that weekly Swedish massage therapy for six weeks produced clinically significant relief of CRF–a debilitating condition for cancer survivors.

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Cochrane Review: Yoga Reduces Fatigue, Anxiety and Depression in Breast Cancer Patients

A 2017 Cochrane review concluded that the evidence supports yoga as an intervention for improving health-related quality of life and reducing fatigue, sleep disturbances, depression and anxiety for breast cancer patients.

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CRD Review: Exercise Reduces Fatigue for Cancer Patients

A Centre for Reviews & Dissemination (CRD, University of York) meta-review found that exercising roughly three times a week for around 45 minutes significantly reduced cancer-related fatigue.

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Mindfulness-based Training Reduces Stress, Fatigue and Proinflammatory Signaling in Breast Cancer Survivors

A randomized controlled trial from UCLA showed that a 6-week program of Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPS) led to significant short-term reductions in stress, proinflammatory gene expression and inflammatory signaling, post-intervention for women under-50 with breast cancer.

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Cannabis: An Effective, Safe Option to Help Patients Cope with Cancer-Related Symptoms

A 2018 meta-review in the European Journal of Internal Medicine, analyzing 2,970 cancer patients treated with medical cannabis, found that cannabis was a well-tolerated, effective and safe palliative option for cancer-related symptoms–from nausea and lack of appetite to sleep problems and pain.

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Fiona MacNeill, the woman at the cutting edge

Fiona MacNeill is not only an exception – a female surgeon in a male-dominated profession – she’s also at the forefront of radical breast-cancer treatment.

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ASH in 30 Seconds Newsletter

Adam Feuerstein reporting, multiple myeloma in the spotlight.

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Report on how massage heals sore muscles

An article by Nicholas Bakalar for the New York Times on How massage heals Sore Muscles.

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