Two things strike me as important about the above findings. The first is that touch — any kind of touch — appears to be beneficial when you are fighting cancer, including the side effects of medical treatments. Second, the fact that these beneficial effects were not sustained after the massage therapy ended suggests that this form of complementary treatment needs to be ongoing as opposed to a one-time intervention.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-nowinski-phd/complementary-cancer-treatments_b_852673.html
