26isfam066
10.3205/26isfam066
urn:nbn:de:0183-26isfam0668
Meeting Abstract
Early Supportive Care Combined with Arts Therapy for Lung Cancer Patients
Grah
Grah
Christian
C
Lung Cancer Center, Hospital Havelhöhe
Research Institute Havelhöhe at Hospital Havelhöhe
Interdisciplinary Oncological Centre, Hospital Havelhöhe
author
Li Oei
Li Oei
Shiao
S
Research Institute Havelhöhe at Hospital Havelhöhe
author
Kindler
Kindler
Felix
F
Research Institute Havelhöhe at Hospital Havelhöhe
author
Krabbe
Krabbe
Alexandra
A
Research Institute Havelhöhe at Hospital Havelhöhe
author
Wüstefeld
Wüstefeld
Hannah
H
Lung Cancer Center, Hospital Havelhöhe
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Schepanski
Schepanski
Steven
S
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Competence Center for Traditional and Integrative Medicine (CCCTIM)
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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Seifert
Seifert
Georg
G
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Competence Center for Traditional and Integrative Medicine (CCCTIM)
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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Schad
Schad
Friedemann
F
Interdisciplinary Oncological Centre, Hospital Havelhöhe
Research Institute Havelhöhe at Hospital Havelhöhe
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Competence Center for Traditional and Integrative Medicine (CCCTIM)
author
German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Düsseldorf
610
20260612
engl
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M0652
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International Society for Arts and Medicine
The Healing Arts – Forging Alliances of Arts & Medicine
Presentation Abstracts
Berlin
20260618
20260620
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TextBackground: Lung cancer (LC) causes severe symptoms and is fatal. A multimodal, integrative medical cancer concept (ACCEPT®) was developed for LC patients. This included an ARTs module, a supervised home training program consisting of eurythmy, therapeutic speech therapy, or musical breathing therapy. The present study aimed to investigate whether integrating art therapy into standard oncology care could have beneficial effects on quality of life (QoL) and overall survival (OS).Methods: A prospective, longitudinal open-label study of newly diagnosed patients with LC was conducted. Patients with LC stage II-IV were invited to participate in an outpatient ACCEPT® programme and their QoL was followed using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). All treatments received, PROM changes and end-of-life data were collected and analysed using R statistics.Results: Data from 214 LC patients, 40 of whom participated in the complete ACCEPT® programme including the ARTs module, were evaluated. After three months, large, clinically and statistically significant improvements of 8–17% (p < 0.0001) in QoL were observed for patients in the ARTs group, even for fatigue. Multivariate analyses revealed substantial and significant, dose-dependent improvements in PROM changes for each ARTs module that participants took part in. Even six and twelve months later, improvements in QoL of up to 11% were still evident in the ARTs group. OS analysis of the entire study cohort showed that the 40 patients of the ARTs group survived considerably longer.Conclusions: This study demonstrates the clinically relevant, dose-related effects of an ARTs module on beneficial outcomes in LC patients.
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