Conversational hypnosis versus standard of care to reduce anxiety in patients undergoing marker placement under radiographic control prior to breast cancer surgery: A randomized, multicenter trial.

Background: Surgery is a cornerstone of breast cancer management. Prior to surgery, a wire marker is placed at the site of the tumor, to enable the surgeon to accurately localize the lesion during later surgery. This procedure can generate considerable anxiety for many patients.

Interest of a standardized hypnotic message for the reduction of pain and anxiety in cancer patients treated by capsaicin patch for neuropathic pain: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Neuropathic pain is characterized by spontaneous painful symptoms. Medical therapies include the use of a capsaicin 8% patch (Qutenza®, Grünenthal Gmbh, Germany), and patients may experience a sharp burning sensation at application and removal of the patch. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of playing a standardized hypnosis recording during application, on the pain and anxiety induced by capsaicin treatment.

[Hypnotherapist nurse, a speciality to promote].

Rémi Etienne is a nurse. Since 2007, he has been working in a cancer centre. Having taken a training course in hypnosis, he offers, in addition to his nursing practice, hypnosis as a form of pain relief.