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Types of Complementary Therapies

By Cancer.net — 2021

When you discuss a complementary therapy with your health care team and they agree that it is safe to try as part of your overall cancer care, this is called “integrative medicine.”

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“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . .

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The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy

Not long term. In fact, our bodies are hardwired against it. But each time our diets fail, instead of considering that maybe our ridiculously low-carb diet is the problem, we wonder what’s wrong with us.

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Body Image after Breast Cancer Treatment: A Resource for Patients

The term “body image” refers to our thoughts, feelings and overall attitude around how we look, how we feel and the way our body works. Breast cancer and its treatment can have a negative impact on your body image.

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Body Image and Cancer—Macmillan Cancer Support

Treatments like surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormonal therapy can change the way your body looks, works or feels. In this video, Richard, Peter, Heather and Stacey talk about the physical effects of cancer and its treatment.

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How Does Cancer and Cancer Treatment Affect Body Image and Confidence?

Cancer, and cancer treatment, can change your body, what it looks like and your body confidence. Young people and teenagers share how cancer changed their body but how they still feel still like themselves.

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Cancer and Your Body Image

Michelle Cororve Fingeret, PhD, from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas discusses body change and body image, a common concern in cancer patients, how this impacts their lives, and empowering patients to move ahead, with Ken Miller, MD, a medical oncologist and...

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Young Adults, Cancer, and Body Image | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Kelly McCue, a young adult with leukemia, discusses body image challenges she's experienced since her diagnosis.

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Healing Ourselves: Biofield Science and the Future of Health

Spontaneous remission, the placebo effect, and energy healing―these phenomena have baffled the medical community for decades. What do all these marvels tell us? “Our current models of medicine fall short of understanding the depths of our human healing potential,” says Dr. Shamini Jain.

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118 - How to Overcome Body Image Issues with Model Iskra Lawrence

Iskra Lawrence is a British model who has been included in campaigns for major brands without her photos being retouched (something that is quite rare in the modeling industry).

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Returning to Real Life after Cancer

You've waited anxiously for the moment when the doctor will tell you you're cancer free. But what happens next? Dr. Wendy Baer, a psychiatric oncologist, gives tips for getting back to your life.

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