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Music Therapy

Listening, playing, or guided music sessions used for mood, anxiety, pain, and quality-of-life support. This protocol is categorized as Other Approaches and is included because people commonly use it as a non-medical, complementary, or supportive cancer-care approach. PROS May reduce stress, anxiety, distress, sleep problems, pain perception, or treatment-related symptom burden as supportive care.

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

National Cancer Institute | National Cancer Institute | Public / Patient

cancer, CAM, supportive care, safety

NCI overview explaining that cancer patients may use CAM to cope with treatment side effects, comfort themselves, or try to treat cancer, and that CAM should be discussed with the care team. Used to frame grounding as supportive rather than curative.
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