Dr. Monti Discusses Alternative Breast Cancer Treatments in The Philadelphia Inquirer
The treatment of breast and other cancers is growing beyond the three traditional weapons of Western medicine: chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. Today, researchers are studying exercise, acupuncture and stress reduction as alternative breast cancer treatments.
In a Philadelphia Inquirer story, Daniel Monti, MD, director of the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine explains, "In breast cancer, we've known for decades that women with higher stress levels have worse overall outcomes. And we're just scratching the surface of how stress affects cell biology."
Jefferson holds mindfulness meditation classes for cancer patients, which emphasize what Dr. Monti calls "mindfulness-based meditation skills."
Read the full "Alternative breast cancer treatments gaining acceptance" article.
Publication: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Published: 10/3/2011