Complementary Health Approaches: Overcoming Barriers to Open Communication During Cancer Therapy .

Background: Complementary health approaches (CHAs) have been widely used by patients with cancer for many reasons. However, some patients choose not to disclose their use of CHAs to their nurses, fearing that this use will be viewed as unacceptable. Nurses may be uncomfortable talking about CHAs because of a lack of evidence-based research on the subject.

A systematic review of the evidence for complete decongestive therapy in the treatment of lymphedema from 2004 to 2011.

Objective: To critically analyze the contemporary published research that pertains to the individual components of complete decongestive therapy (CDT), as well as CDT as a bundled intervention in the treatment of lymphedema.

Data Sources: Publications were retrieved from 11 major medical indices for articles published from 2004-2010 by using search terms for lymphedema and management approaches. Literature archives of the authors and reference lists were examined through 2011.