Cancer Palliation

Palliation is the treatment of symptoms and signs to improve quality of life. In cancer patients, such symptoms include pain, fatigue, insomnia, nausea, loss of appetite, swelling etc. While there are conventional remedies for palliation of the common symptoms associated with cancer and its treatment, we will tailor and adjust an individualized palliation program to include the use herbs, supplements, acupuncture, mind-body techniques or specific manual techniques to improve a cancer patients quality of life. Examples of such treatment is the case of a woman with breast cancer and severe hot flashes affecting daily life and sleep because of tamoxifen use to cut off her hormones. We could in such a case suggest self-hypnosis, homeopathic agents as well as drug regimens to help. Another case would be a cancer patient with pain, fatigue and appetite loss due to advanced cancer. Acupuncture combined with transdermal nerve stimulation for the pain and herbs as well as the discrete use of medications such as ritalin and megace may partly alleviate the symptoms and improve his quality of life. The principle of palliative of treatment at Meridian is the combined use of the most effective and convenient techniques that have the least side-effects.
 

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Cancer Programs: Prevention | Treatment | Palliation