The program helps to enhance quality of life by addressing a person's physical, psychological and emotional needs during and after cancer treatment.
Most people are aware that diabetes and heart disease are managed for a lifetime.
Complementary medicine gives a patient the help they need to manage the disease. These therapies are designed to help people cope with treatment side effects, stress, changing body image and functional problems requiring cancer-specific rehabilitation medicine and care. Complete Care, which opened in September 1998, is viewed as a part of the core medical services offered at Fox Chase Cancer Center. The program has its own physical facility, and its services are combined with the offerings of the rest of the Fox Chase structure including the various clinics, rehabilitation and social work services. Popular services include fatigue management, hypnotherapy, lymphedema management, nutrition and yoga.