By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 22.07.2021 (The Medical Republic): Major cancer hospitals across the country are offering oncology massage as one of the tools in their integrative oncology and support centres to help some people cope better with treatment.

Clinical studies have suggested that massage can help ease stress, anxiety, depression, pain, nausea, insomnia and fatigue in patients with cancer. A 2004 study on the benefits of massage in around 1,200 patients from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York found there was a 47% reduction in pain, 51% drop in nausea, 42% improvement in fatigue levels, 59% improvement in anxiety levels and 48% improvement in depression.

In Sydney, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and the Kinghorn Cancer Centre, and in Melbourne, the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre offer oncology massage.

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