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Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

The Special Pains Breast Cancer Can Cause

March 2025

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Liou KT, Ashare R, Worster B, Jones KF, Yeager Ka, et al.

SIO-ASCO guideline on integrative medicine for cancer pain management: implications for racial and ethnic pain disparities.

JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2023;7:pkad042. https://doi.org/10.1093/jncics/pkad042

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Iniesta MD, Ramirez PT, Munsell MF, Basabe S, Shen S-E, et al.

Integration of self-hypnosis in an enhanced recovery after surgery program in gynecologic oncology: a prospective randomized trial.

Gynecol Oncol 2025;198:96-103

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Li Y, Ji S, Tao Y, Wang H, Wen Z, et al.

The effect of music therapy on anxiety, depression, pain and sleep quality of lung cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Support Care Cancer 2025;33:169

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Tai H-Y, Lin L-Y, Juang T-W, Gautama MSN

Efficacy of cryotherapy in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Support Care Cancer 2024;32:482

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Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

Non-Pharmacologic Therapies for Pain Management in Patients With Cancer: Opportunities and Challenges

Onc Live, May 2024

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Mao JJ, Ismalia N, Bao T, et al.

Integrative Medicine for Pain Management in Oncology: Society for Integrative Oncology-ASCO Guideline

J Clin Oncol 2022; 40:3998-4024

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Lu L, Chen C, Chen Y, et al.

Effect of acupuncture for methadone reduction: a randomized clinical trial.

Ann Intern Med 2024;177:1039-1047.

Comments from Dr. Abrahm:
These were not cancer patients. They were patients 65 years of younger with opioid use disorder who had been using methadone maintenance treatment of at least 6 weeks.

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Lázaro-Garcia A, Láinez-González D, González-Rodrigues M, et al.

Music listening in stem cell transplantation and acute myeloid leukemia: a randomized clinical trial.

J Pain Symptom Manage 2024:67:501-511.

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Kamdar M, Jethwani K, Centi AJ, et al.

A digital therapeutic application (ePAL) to manage pain in patients with advanced cancer; a randomized controlled trial.

J Pain Symptom Manage 2024;68:261-271.

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About Dr. Abrahm

Janet Abrahm, MD is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is among the founders of Palliative Care in the United States and the author of four comprehensive books on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer. Dr. Abrahm is a former practicing oncologist who created the Palliative Care Service at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute over 20 years’ ago. She is an award-winning clinician and educator and continues to practice palliative care at Dana Farber.

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Dr. Abrahm's Book

Dr. Abrahm is the author of four comprehensive editions 
on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer, the first published in 2000 and the latest in 2022.

Her extensive work offers oncologists and other oncology and palliative care clinicians a place to turn to find the most up-to-date evidence-based practices, resources, and practical advice on how to care for patients across the full range of issues they will experience during their illness.

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