Breast Cancer
New lump, breast swelling, nipple discharge, dimpling skin
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About Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells within the breast tissue, forming a tumor that can invade surrounding areas and spread to other parts of the body. Most breast cancers start in the ducts or lobules of the breast and are typically invasive, meaning they can spread beyond the breast to lymph nodes or distant organs like the bones, lungs, and liver. Although most common in women, breast cancer can also affect men and is characterized by a range of symptoms, and its presence and progression are measured by different stages and subtypes.
Medical term: Carcinoma
Exercise (aerobic + resistance)
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Why it works:
Symptom control & function. Large guideline panels reviewing dozens of randomized trials conclude that exercise reduces cancer-related fatigue and improves cardiorespiratory fitnes...
Instructions:
These prescriptions are drawn from the ACSM international exercise-oncology roundtable and major society guidelines and are suitable during chemotherapy/radiation (with day-to-day...
Warnings:
Get medical input first if you have any of the following:. • Bone metastases or fragile bones: Avoid...
Studies:
Guidelines & consensus (synthesize dozens of RCTs and SR...
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Mindfulness-based programs / CBT
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Why it works:
Mindfulness-based programs (MBSR/MBCR). • Reduce anxiety, depression, fear of recurrence and overall distress by training attentional control and non-judgmental awareness; this dow...
Instructions:
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) / Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR). • Format: Typically 8 weeks, group-based, weekly 2–2.5-hour classes plus ~45 minutes daily hom...
Warnings:
These are adjuncts, not anticancer treatments. They do not shrink tumors or replace surgery/chemo/ra...
Studies:
Guidelines & overviewsSIO–ASCO 2023 Guideline: Recommend...
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Tai Chi & Gentle Yoga
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Why it works:
Targets the most common symptoms. Randomized trials and meta-analyses show yoga and Tai Chi reduce fatigue, anxiety/depression, sleep disturbance, and improve quality of life (QoL)...
Instructions:
1) Frequency & “dose.”. • Aim for 2–3 sessions/week (30–60 min) of gentle Hatha/Restorative/Chair yoga or Tai Chi/Qigong, building gradually. This aligns with cancer-exercise guida...
Warnings:
Not a cure/primary treatment. Use as adjuncts; discuss plans with your oncology team. (Guideline fra...
Studies:
Yoga (breast-cancer–focused):RCT: Iyengar-based yoga in fati...
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Acupuncture
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Why it works:
Guideline support (pain): The Society for Integrative Oncology and ASCO issued a joint clinical guideline recommending acupuncture (among other integrative therapies) for cancer-re...
Instructions:
Typical course & frequency (based on trials/guidelines):. • AI-induced joint pain: The JAMA RCT protocol that showed benefit used 12 sessions over 6 weeks (2/week), then 1/week for...
Warnings:
Not a cancer treatment: No complementary approach—including acupuncture—prevents or cures cancer; us...
Studies:
GuidelinesSIO–ASCO Joint Guideline (2022): Integrative Medic...
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Ginger
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Why it works:
CINV relief (adjunct to antiemetics): Several randomized trials and evidence summaries suggest ginger can modestly reduce acute nausea when added to standard antiemetics around che...
Instructions:
Capsules around chemo days (most studied):. • A large multicenter RCT (n=744; ~70% breast-cancer patients) had participants take 0.5–1.0 g/day of ginger powder in capsules, divided...
Warnings:
Do not use ginger as a treatment for breast cancer. It has no proven tumor-control benefit in humans...
Studies:
Randomized controlled trials (CINV adjunct):Ryan et al., 201...
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P6 (Neiguan) acupressure
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Why it works:
What it targets: P6 is on the inner wrist, between the two tendons, ~3 finger-breadths from the wrist crease. Stimulation of this point has been studied for anti-nausea effects in...
Instructions:
Finger pressure (self-applied):. • Turn your palm toward you; place 3 fingers just below the wrist crease on the inner forearm.. • The point is between the two tendons where your t...
Warnings:
It’s not cancer treatment. Use P6 only as a comfort measure with your prescribed antiemetics (per on...
Studies:
Breast-cancer–specific randomized trialsSuh 2012 (Oncology N...
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