Benefits of Integrative Medicine Techniques for Cancer Symptom Management: LiveLung Tampa’s November Meeting

LiveLung, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting lung cancer patients, survivors, and their care partners, invites the Tampa area lung cancer community to its monthly educational meeting on Wednesday, November 19, at 11:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at Holiday Inn Tampa North, 3751 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, and includes a complimentary lunch.

This month’s meeting will feature Lora Thompson, PhD, Licensed Psychologist & Director Integrative Medicine at Moffitt Cancer Center, presenting “Benefits of Integrative Medicine Techniques for Cancer Symptoms.”

Dr. Thompson is a licensed Psychologist and Associate Member of the Supportive Care Medicine Department at Moffitt Cancer Center. She provides outpatient assessment and psychotherapy to help individuals cope with the psychosocial challenges of cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship. As Director of Moffitt’s Integrative Medicine Service, she oversees the center’s yoga and massage programs and is actively involved in research and education in psychosocial and integrative cancer care.

“Integrative health techniques, such as massage and yoga, can be offered in conjunction with standard cancer care to offer symptom relief and to improve the quality of life of individuals with cancer,” said Dr. Thompson. “When choosing integrative practices, the best practice is to choose techniques that are considered safe, have some scientific evidence to support their use, and are offered by a provider who is appropriately trained.”

LiveLung’s educational meetings provide valuable resources and opportunities for lung cancer patients, survivors, and their care partners to learn, network, and build community. Each meeting features an expert guest speaker who shares insights to empower attendees with knowledge and support.

Lung cancer patients and their care partners are welcome to learn more and register at https://www.livelung.org/meetings/tampa or call 877.311.LUNG (5864).

About LiveLung

LiveLung is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that aims to improve health outcomes by advancing lung cancer education, early detection, and compassion for lung cancer patients. We do this by hosting a network of monthly educational community lung cancer patient groups. We also provide resource bags to dozens of cancer centers, where nurse navigators give them to newly diagnosed lung cancer patients.