Reduction Of Distress In Children During Stem Cell Transplantation

Reduction Of Distress In Children During Stem Cell Transplantation.
For children undergoing stock apartment transplantation, complementary therapies such as massage and humor analysis don't seem to reduce their distress, researchers found. Stem cell transplantation is employed to treat cancer and other illnesses, and it is a prolonged and physically demanding process that often causes children and their families altered consciousness levels of distress, the authors of the study noted.

Previous studies have shown that complementary therapies, such as hypnosis and massage, can off and on help adult patients cope with stem cell transplantation. The results of the supplementary US study, which included 178 children undergoing stem chamber transplantation at four medical centers, were released online July 12 in advance of proclamation in an upcoming print issue of the journal Cancer.