Impact of naturopathy, yoga, and dietary interventions as adjuvant chemotherapy in the management of stage II and III adenocarcinoma of the colon
| Autor: | M. V. T. Krishna Mohan, Mahendran Botlagunta, Ummar Shaik, Senthil Rajappa, Uday Kumar, Kalpana Raghunath, Ch. Sumathi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Naturopathy medicine.medical_treatment Psychological intervention Adenocarcinoma 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Carcinoembryonic antigen Internal medicine medicine Humans Chemotherapy biology business.industry Yoga Gastroenterology Cancer Hepatology medicine.disease Chemotherapy Adjuvant 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Colonic Neoplasms biology.protein Quality of Life Anxiety 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | International journal of colorectal disease. 35(12) |
| ISSN: | 1432-1262 |
| Popis: | Naturopathy, Yoga and Dietary interventions are known to improve the quality of life in cancer patients. We aim to evaluate the effect of naturopathy interventions along with adjuvant chemotherapy in patients who underwent surgery for Adenocarcinoma of the Colon. A total of 116 adult patients were randomised in to one of the two groups; the experimental group received naturopathy, Yoga and Dietary interventions and the control group received psycho-social counselling in addition to standard chemotherapy. Haematological, biochemical and psychological evaluations were performed at set intervals during a total period of eighteen months starting from the first cycle of adjuvant chemotherapy. Results showed that the overall hemoglobin (p |
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