Massage therapy in the breast imaging department: repurposing an ancient anxiety reducing method.

CONCLUSION: Massage therapy improves the patient experience and decreases perceptions of anxiety. It may be associated with improved breast imaging compliance. Patients' willingness to pay for the service may defray some cost of a massage program. PMID: 32516693 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32516693?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinical Breast Cancer - September 25, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ashton JC, Bousquet D, Fevrier E, Yip R, Chaudhry S, Port E, Margolies LR Tags: Clin Imaging Source Type: research