Oncology On-The-Go Podcast: Integrative and Palliative Kidney Cancer Care
Santosh Rao, MD, discusses the formation of new guidelines informing the use of integrative oncology for patients with kidney cancer from the Society for Integrative Oncology.
As part of Kidney Cancer Awareness Month 2023, Santosh Rao, MD, spoke with CancerNetwork® about recent developments and initiatives that have helped to advance integrative and palliative care for patients with kidney cancer, including developments that read out of the Annual Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) International Conference and evidence supporting the use of non-clinical tools such as acupuncture, reflexology, acupressure, and massages.
Rao, medical director of integrative oncology for University Hospitals Connor Whole Health and president-elect for the SIO, outlined palliative care strategies employed at University Hospitals and described ongoing research and pain management guidelines that aim to improve integrative care in kidney cancer.
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