Aromatherapy: Implementation in a French Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Continuous advances in cancer care are accompanied by the necessity to better support patients, and implementation of new alternatives beyond the scope of conventional medicine are regularly required.Integrative oncology, besides conventional specific care, provides a large access to complementary therapies guiding patients to become actors before, during, and after cancer treatment, and to improve their quality of life.We progressively implemented a structured procedure, to refer patients with any tumors to complementary therapies in an integrated care pathway.Aromatherapy was implemented in the management of patients receiving specific treatment (chemotherapy, immunotherapy) in a comprehensive cancer center, we report the prescriptions procedure, patient requirement's, and dedicated proposals.

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