Hyeongjun Yun1, Lingyun Sun1, Jun J Mao1. 1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Abstract
Background: Cancer centers have increasingly offered integrative medicine therapies in response to their patients' unmet needs. We evaluated the growth of integrative medicine in leading academic cancer centers in the United States as reflected by their public-facing websites. Methods: We performed a systematic review of 45 National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center websites. Two researchers independently evaluated whether the websites provided information regarding integrative medicine modalities and, if so, whether the services were provided in the same health system. They compared the proportion of cancer centers providing the information on each modality in 2016 with the data from the prior study in 2009. Results: The most common integrative medicine therapies mentioned on the 45 NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center websites were exercise (97.8%) and acupuncture and meditation (88.9% each), followed by yoga (86.7%), massage (84.4%), and music therapy (82.2%). The majority of the websites also provided information on nutrition (95.6%), dietary supplements (93.3%), and herbs (88.9%). The most common therapies offered in the health systems were acupuncture/massage (73.3% each), meditation/yoga (68.9% each), and consultations about nutrition (91.1%), dietary supplements (84.4%), and herbs (66.7%). Compared with 2009, there was a statistically significant increase in the number of websites mentioning acupuncture, dance therapy, healing touch, hypnosis, massage, meditation, Qigong, and yoga (all P < .05). Conclusions: Leading US cancer centers increasingly present integrative medicine content on their websites, and the majority of them provide these services to patients in the same health systems.
Background: Cancer centers have increasingly offered integrative medicine therapies in response to their patients' unmet needs. We evaluated the growth of integrative medicine in leading academic cancer centers in the United States as reflected by their public-facing websites. Methods: We performed a systematic review of 45 National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center websites. Two researchers independently evaluated whether the websites provided information regarding integrative medicine modalities and, if so, whether the services were provided in the same health system. They compared the proportion of cancer centers providing the information on each modality in 2016 with the data from the prior study in 2009. Results: The most common integrative medicine therapies mentioned on the 45 NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center websites were exercise (97.8%) and acupuncture and meditation (88.9% each), followed by yoga (86.7%), massage (84.4%), and music therapy (82.2%). The majority of the websites also provided information on nutrition (95.6%), dietary supplements (93.3%), and herbs (88.9%). The most common therapies offered in the health systems were acupuncture/massage (73.3% each), meditation/yoga (68.9% each), and consultations about nutrition (91.1%), dietary supplements (84.4%), and herbs (66.7%). Compared with 2009, there was a statistically significant increase in the number of websites mentioning acupuncture, dance therapy, healing touch, hypnosis, massage, meditation, Qigong, and yoga (all P < .05). Conclusions: Leading US cancer centers increasingly present integrative medicine content on their websites, and the majority of them provide these services to patients in the same health systems.
Authors: Jun James Mao; Christina Shearer Palmer; Kaitlin Elizabeth Healy; Krupali Desai; Jay Amsterdam Journal: J Cancer Surviv Date: 2010-10-06 Impact factor: 4.442
Authors: Janice K Kiecolt-Glaser; Jeanette M Bennett; Rebecca Andridge; Juan Peng; Charles L Shapiro; William B Malarkey; Charles F Emery; Rachel Layman; Ewa E Mrozek; Ronald Glaser Journal: J Clin Oncol Date: 2014-01-27 Impact factor: 44.544
Authors: Jun J Mao; Steve C Palmer; Joseph B Straton; Peter F Cronholm; Shimrit Keddem; Kathryn Knott; Marjorie A Bowman; Frances K Barg Journal: J Cancer Surviv Date: 2008-04-15 Impact factor: 4.442
Authors: Kevin T Liou; James C Root; Sheila N Garland; Jamie Green; Yuelin Li; Q Susan Li; Philip W Kantoff; Tim A Ahles; Jun J Mao Journal: Cancer Date: 2020-04-22 Impact factor: 6.860
Authors: Suzanne C Danhauer; Elizabeth L Addington; Lorenzo Cohen; Stephanie J Sohl; Marieke Van Puymbroeck; Natalia K Albinati; S Nicole Culos-Reed Journal: Cancer Date: 2019-04-01 Impact factor: 6.860
Authors: Sheila N Garland; Whitney Eriksen; Sarah Song; Joshua Dearing; Frances K Barg; Philip Gehrman; Jun J Mao Journal: Support Care Cancer Date: 2018-02-08 Impact factor: 3.603
Authors: Kathleen A Lynch; Nicholas Emard; Kevin T Liou; Karen Popkin; Michael Borten; Ogechi Nwodim; Thomas M Atkinson; Jun J Mao Journal: J Pain Symptom Manage Date: 2020-11-19 Impact factor: 3.612
Authors: Sally A D Romero; Eileen Jiang; Jason Bussell; Whitney Eriksen; Katherine N Duhamel; Frances K Barg; Jun J Mao Journal: Palliat Support Care Date: 2020-06
Authors: Thomas M Atkinson; Kevin T Liou; Michael A Borten; Qing S Li; Karen Popkin; Andrew Webb; Janice DeRito; Kathleen A Lynch; Jun J Mao Journal: JCO Oncol Pract Date: 2020-07-08