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Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Radiotherapy: A Comprehensive Review

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Wolters Kluwer Health
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0899-3459
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1536-1004
DOI
10.1097/RMR.0000000000000244
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Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/topicsinmri by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVJ2toCr/9wZZjwPUWvYES9l2nY+zyylnl33NGMK6MRsx on 10/02/2020 REVIEW ARTICLE Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Radiotherapy A Comprehensive Review yz Kai J. Borm, MD, Kilian Schiller, MD, Rebecca Asadpour, MD, and Stephanie E. Combs, MD several clinical practice guidelines focus on supportive care during Abstract: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches are 3–7 RT to minimize these side effects. Yet, the aspect of complemen- widely used by patients throughout a broad range of medical fields and tary and alternative medicine (CAM) in radiotherapy has been widely diseases, and often self-administered by patients without the involvement of neglected in the literature. physicians or other members of the health care team. CAM use is well RT holds many similarities with radiology, having originally documented in cancer and chronic illnesses, and emerging data in radiation arisen, as ‘‘therapeutic radiology’’, out of the field of radiology. oncology show CAM usage of 26% to 97% in radiation therapy patients. No These parallels include the prevalence of imaging in radiotherapy, information is, however, available on CAM usage in radiology and in the which has recently increased in complexity, including advanced CT imaging procedure fields. This article reviews the fundamental principles and sequences, respiratory management, and MR-guided

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Topics in Magnetic Resonance ImagingWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jun 1, 2020

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