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.
Spiritual Healing / Energy Healing
Spiritual Healing / Energy Healing is a spiritual, psychological, emotional, or highly unconventional protocol used for meaning, fear reduction, emotional processing, perceived energy balancing, personal agency, or nonphysical healing claims in cancer settings. In cancer care, it should be evaluated by evidence level, intended use, safety, interactions, and whether it is being used as conventional treatment, supportive care.
Randomized controlled trial of a spiritual intervention for hope and spiritual well-being in people with cancer.
Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials evaluating spiritual interventions for cancer-related spiritual, psychological, and quality-of-life outcomes.