Research continues to show that massage therapy can be an important part of an integrative approach to care for cancer patients. Learn how oncology massage helped reduce clinically significant pain in breast cancer patients and stress in breast cancer patients undergoing reconstructive surgery.
The Massage Therapy Foundation’s International Massage Therapy Research Conferences are designed to bring together an engaged community of thought leaders, educators, therapists, and allied health practitioners to discuss massage therapy research. This session was originally presented in 2022. For more information, please visit the Massage Therapy Foundation.
When you finish this course, you will be able to:
- Discuss the findings for pain improvement after massage therapy in breast cancer patients;
- Describe how massage compared with massage plus acupuncture in patients undergoing reconstructive surgery.
Danielle Gentile, PhD is a scientist on the Real-World Evidence and Insights team at Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions where she investigates the health outcomes of patients treated in real-world settings outside of clinical trials. Previously, she served as a Health Services Researcher in the Department of Supportive Oncology at Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC. Her research has focused on the impact of integrative modalities on cancer patients’ pain, culturally competent LGBTQ+ healthcare and more.
Brent A. Bauer, MD is board-certified in Internal Medicine, a Professor of Medicine and is the founder of the Integrative Medicine Program at Mayo Clinic. His research interests have focused on the scientific evaluation of integrative medicine and he has authored several book chapters and over 100 papers on this topic. In addition to being the Medical Editor of the Mayo Clinic Guide to Integrative Medicine and The Science of Integrative Medicine video series, Dr. Bauer is currently collaborating on over 20 studies evaluating therapies ranging from acupuncture to valerian.
Course Expiration
Please note that you must complete each AMTA online learning course and pass the exam one year from the date of purchase. If you do not complete the course and pass the exam within one year, you will be required to re-purchase the course.
Online courses expire one year from the date of purchase. When a course expires, you will no longer have access to the course materials and will be required to re-purchase the course.
Course Approval Code(s)
LCEU0003742
Copyright
This course contains information that is proprietary. None of the material contained within this course may be used without the express written permission
of AMTA unless otherwise indicated in the course. As a reminder, before practicing any new modalities or techniques, check with your state’s massage therapy
regulatory authority to ensure they are within the state’s defined scope of practice for massage therapy.
Refunds
Online courses are non-refundable. AMTA will not cover fees incurred from duplicate payments, insufficient funds, stopped payments or credit/debit cards over
credit limits.