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Steel, PhD, is a clinical health psychologist and professor specializing in psycho-oncology and behavioral medicine.
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Complementary Therapies for Cancer Care: Evidence-Based Lifestyle Supports
Cancer care is no longer defined only by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or medication. Increasingly, patients and clinicians recognize that healing also depends on how people eat, move, sleep, cope, and find emotional stability while navigating treatment. Complementary Therapies for Cancer Care: Evidence-Based Lifestyle Supports brings these dimensions together in a practical, research-informed guide to integrative oncology. Rather than promoting unproven alternatives or miracle cures, the book examines which supportive therapies have credible evidence behind them and how they can be used safely alongside standard cancer treatment. Edited by Jennifer L. Steel, PhD, a respected clinical health psychologist and psycho-oncology researcher, and shaped by contributions from multiple clinicians, the book bridges science and day-to-day care. It explores nutrition, exercise, mindfulness, acupuncture, herbal supports, psychological care, and spiritual well-being through the lens of symptom management, quality of life, and whole-person healing. Its importance lies in its balance: compassionate without being sentimental, open-minded without abandoning evidence. For patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals, this book offers a clearer map through the confusing world of complementary cancer care and shows how lifestyle support can become a meaningful part of treatment and recovery.
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Integrative Oncology Gives Care More Depth
A cancer diagnosis often exposes a hidden flaw in modern medicine: treating disease is not always the same as caring for the person living through it. This book begins by clarifying that integrative oncology is not a rejection of conventional treatment but an expansion of it. Complementary therapies...
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Nutrition Is Foundational but Often Confused
Food becomes emotionally charged during cancer, yet few areas are so crowded with myths. Patients are often told to avoid sugar, take expensive supplements, try extreme fasting, or adopt restrictive diets that promise to starve cancer. The book offers a more grounded message: nutrition in cancer car...
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Exercise Rebuilds Strength During Uncertainty
One of the most persistent myths in cancer care is that rest alone is the safest response to exhaustion. The book argues the opposite: appropriately prescribed movement is one of the most effective tools for reducing cancer-related fatigue, preserving function, and improving quality of life. In many...
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Mind-Body Practices Calm the Stress Response
Cancer does not only attack the body; it can keep the mind in a constant state of alarm. Waiting for scans, coping with side effects, fearing recurrence, and navigating uncertainty can activate a chronic stress response that erodes sleep, concentration, and emotional resilience. This book explains h...
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Acupuncture and Natural Supports Need Scrutiny
Patients often turn to acupuncture, herbs, and natural products because they seem gentler than medical treatments. Yet “natural” is not a synonym for safe, and the book treats this area with both openness and caution. Some supportive modalities may be helpful for symptom control, but only when they ...
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Psychological Care Shapes Medical Outcomes Too
Many people assume emotional suffering is an unavoidable side effect of cancer, something to endure quietly while doctors focus on the disease itself. This book challenges that assumption by showing that psychological and behavioral care are not peripheral concerns. They directly affect coping, symp...
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Steel, PhD, is a clinical health psychologist and professor specializing in psycho-oncology and behavioral medicine.
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