Healing Touch, Quality of Life, and Immunity During Breast Cancer Treatment
Breast Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Breast Cancer focused on measuring Healing Touch, NK cytotoxicity, cytokines, fatigue
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Breast cancer patients who have received either a mastectomy or breast conservative surgery
- Diagnosis of Stage I-IIIa breast cancer,
- Receiving either chemotherapy + radiation or radiation alone
Exclusion Criteria:
- Past history of cancer
- Recurrent cancer
- Greater than Stage IIIa breast cancer
- History of immunosuppressive disorders (e.g. HIV, AIDS, hepatitis, etc.)
- On immunosuppressive medications
- On corticosteroids (e.g. Prednisone)
Sites / Locations
- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Healing Touch
Usual Care
Healing Touch + Standard Treatment Healing Touch treatments daily following standard Radiation Therapy. Standard radiation therapy is part of their medical care and is not administered as part of this study. Protocol of 4 HT techniques will be used including Pain Drain, Chakra connection, Magnetic Unruffling, and Mind Clearing. Treatments will be approximately 20-30 minutes.
Standard Treatment. These patients receive usual medical care but no additional intervention. Standard treatment is not administered as part of this study but as part of their medical treatment.