ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2018
The perceptions and experiences of osteopathic treatment among cancer patients in palliative care: a qualitative study.
Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02627638 (Cancer Patient Perceptions of the Osteopathy Treatment), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Cancer Patient Perceptions of the Osteopathy Treatment: a Qualitative Study
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- Patients' experiences and perceived outcomes of manual therapy: a qualitative systematic review with framework synthesis.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
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- A hands-on approach to personalizing palliative care: the role of osteopathic manipulative treatment.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Characteristics of Australian and New Zealand osteopaths who treat patients presenting with non-musculoskeletal complaints: outcomes from two practice-based research networks.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2025Article
- Effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment on pain in palliative care patients: a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial.Pain reports · 2025Article
- Osteopathic Treatment and Evaluation in the Clinical Setting of Childhood Hematological Malignancies.Cancers · 2021Article
- The use of complementary medicine in palliative care in France: an observational cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThis research aimed to explore the perceptions and experiences of cancer patients receiving osteopathic treatment as a complementary therapy when it is used in addition to conventional treatment for cancer pain.
methodsThis qualitative study employed semi structured interviews of cancer patients in a palliative care unit in Lyon, France, who received treatment from an osteopath alongside their conventional cancer treatment. We analysed data using grounded theory and qualitative methods.
resultsWe interviewed 16 patients. The themes identified through the analysis included a low awareness of osteopathy among the population and an accompanying high level of misconceptions. The benefits of osteopathy were described as more than just the manual treatments with participants valuing osteopathy as a holistic, meditative, and non-pharmaceutical approach. Participants also described the osteopathic treatments as assisting with a range of cancer-related health complaints such as pain, fatigue, and sleep problems. Offering osteopathic treatment at an accessible location at low or no cost were identified by participants as enablers to the continued use of osteopathy.
conclusionsThe findings of this study provides preliminary data which suggests, when delivered alongside existing medical care, osteopathy may have health benefits for patients with complex conditions such as cancer.
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