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Individual Oncology Massage Practitioner Websites
Internet Coverage of Cancer and Massage
Media Coverage of Cancer and Massage
Oncology Massage News on the Web
Massage and Cancer Bibliography
Individual S4OM Professional Member Websites
Judy Arntson, Roseville, CA www.wellnessnaturallymassage.com
Stacy Barden, Woodstock, IL, www.harmonyfalls.net
Nicki Hansen-Dix, Grass Valley, CA www.oncologymassage.net
Katie Gibbs, The Woodlands, TX www.katiegibbsmassagetherapy.com
Bruce Hopkins, Yarmouth, ME www.mettamassagetherapy.com
Ruth Lewing, Seattle, WA http://www.myhandsmassage.com/
Gary Lloyd, Ashville, NC www.westashevillemassage.com
Meryl Lowell, Ocala, FL www.backinbalancemassagetherapy.com.
Bambi Mathay, Boston, MA www.bewellpartners.com
Toni Muirhead, Ft. Lauderdale, FL www.acaringtouchforcancer.com
John (Obie) Oberhausen, Santa Fe, NM www.MassageByObie.com
Meg Robsahm, Monroe, WA http://www.compassionatetherapies.com
Sarah Rock, Mt. Pleasant, SC www.sarahrocktherapeuticmassage.com
Geri Ruane, Austin, TX www.tworoadsmassagetherapy.com
Susan Silsdorf, Fremont, CA www.susantouch.com
Ariana Vincent, Austin, TX www.arianainstitute.com
Cindy Wright, Pittsboro, NC www.serendipitybodyworks.com
Please contact webmaster@s4om.org with additions.
Internet Coverage of Cancer and Massage
Googling "cancer + massage" yields about 300,000 results. There is some sense and some nonsense in those pages. As with anything else of importance, evaluate on-line information and opinions in light of the reputation of the website owner. Here are several examples of authoritative opinion:
American Cancer Society - Making Treatment Decisions
Cleveland Clinic - Massage for Breast Cancer Patients
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - Basic Principles of Integrative Medicine
Mayo Clinic - Lung Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Touch Research Institute (Miami, Duke, Harvard, ...) - Research Abstracts
WebMD.com - Search on "cancer massage"
Media Coverage of Cancer and Massage
Popular Press
A Touch of Grace: Massage Therapy Aids Retired Nuns - Bronx Nursing Home Finds Drug Alternative; Wall Street Journal, 3/10/08; Page A1. Not directly cancer related, but relevant.
Cancer & Massage Therapy - Is Your Therapist Trained to Address Your Needs? Versagi, Charlotte Michael. Women & Cancer Magazine. Spring 2007, pp85
This Doctor Prescribes Massage for her Patients (and Herself), Fox 31 News, Colorado
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Feature - Cancer Massage, Channel 7 News, Colorado
Oncology Massage Can Help Breast Cancer Patients – If Done Cautiously and Correctly, Uterus1.com 10/24/06
Oncology Massage Can Help Breast Cancer Patients (Part 1), Uterus1.com 10/24/06
Oncology Massage Can Help Breast Cancer Patients (Part 2), Uterus1.com 10/30/06
Can Massage Cure? As a healing aid, hands-on therapy gains credibility at leading medical centers. LA Times, 11/22/04Massage Therapy Eases Many Cancer Patients' Ills, Reuters Health Information 9/28/04
Massage Shortens Chemo Recovery Time A human interest story from Channel 6 in Tulsa, 7/21/09.Massage Press
Brehler, Patti. Massage Therapy and Hospice Care. Massage Therapy Journal. Spring 1995. p39
Chamness, Annette. Breast Cancer and Massage Therapy. Massage Therapy Journal. Winter 1996. p44
Chapman, Cheryl. Lymphedema 101: What Every therapist Should Know. Massage Therapy Journal. Winter 2001. p86
Chapman, Cheryl. Cancer vs. HIV/AIDS: A Comparative Overview. Massage Therapy Journal. Fall 2000. p107
Chapman, Cheryl and Kennedy, Eileen. Mastectomy Massage. Massage Therapy Journal. Fall 2000. p91
Chikly, Bruno and Welfley, Sue. Lymphedema. Massage Therapy Journal. Fall 2001. p81
Curties, Debra. Cancer Therapies. Massage Therapy Journal. Winter 2001, p80
Curties, Debra. Could Massage Therapy Promote Cancer Metastasis? Massage Therapy Journal. Fall 2000, p83
Hopkins, Bruce. One Man's Massage Journey, Massage and Bodywork Magazine. JanFeb2007. p44
Kastner, Mirka. From Bernie, With Laughter and Love. Massage Therapy Journal, Spring 1993. p29
Kieran, McConnellogue, The Courage of Touch - Massage & Cancer Story, www.massageandbodywork.com/Articles/DecJan2000/cancer.html
(King, Pauline). Interview with AMTA Foundation Grantee Pauline King. Massage Therapy Journal. Winter 1997. p117
LaFrano, Chuck. Scar-Tissue Massage. Massage Magazine. May/Jun 2001. p151
Malloy, Janice. Do the Benefits of Massage Outweigh the Risks? Massage Therapy Journal. Winter 2001. p60
MacDonald, Gayle. How Cancer Spreads. Massage Therapy Journal. Winter 2001. p74
MacDonald, Gayle. Massage for People with Cancer. Massage Therapy Journal. Winter 2002. p104
MacDonald, Gayle, Bodywork for Cancer Patients - The Need for a Less-Demanding Approach, www.massageandbodywork.com/Articles/JuneJuly2005/Bodywork.html
Meziere, Yvonne. Breast Cancer - How Massage Aids Recovery. Massage Magazine. Sep/Oct 2001. p66
Nelson, Dawn. Massage in Hospices. Massage Therapy Journal. Spring 2002. p40
Schwanz, Michael L. Massage Makes Its Mark at Sloan-Kettering Hospital. Massage Therapy Journal. Fall 2000. p100
Sinclair, Marybetts. Acceptance of Touch. Massage Therapy Journal. Fall 1988. p 41
Walton, Tracy. Clinical Thinking About Cancer. Massage Therapy Journal. Fall 2000. p66
Massage and Cancer Bibliography
MacDonald Gayle. Medicine Hands, 2nd Ed (Findhorn Press, 2007)
Massage and Bodywork: Adapting Therapies for Cancer Careby Peter A. Mackereth and Ann Carter (Churchill Livingstone, 2006)
Milady's Guide to Lymph Drainage Massage by Ramona Moody French (Milady, 2003).
American Cancer Society; Making Treatment Decisions - Massage; http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_Massage.asp?sitearea=ETO; 2003
American Cancer Society. Who gets cancer? http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1x_Who_gets_cancer.asp?sitearea=; 2003
National Cancer Inst., Summary of Changes in Cancer Incidence….http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2000/results_merged/topic_survival.pdf 2002
Curties Debra. Massage Therapy & Cancer. (Curtis-Overzet Publications, Inc, 1999)
Bard M. The price of survival for cancer victims. Contributed to Where Medicine Fails , Carolyn L. Wiener & Anselm L. Strauss, editors. (Transaction Publisher, 1997)
Simonton O C, et al. Getting Well Again. (Bantam, 1980)
Contact webmaster@s4om.org with additions or corrections.
Cancer Ribbon Colors - These colors are widely recognized.
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