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Jennifer Marini1,*, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse2,3, Marie Lacasse1, Maud Jaspard1, Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville4, Hadrien Tasset3, Christophe F. Chantrain1,#, Charlotte Grégoire2,#
Psycho-Oncologie, DOI:10.32604/po.2023.043341
Abstract Hypnosis is a modified state of consciousness which showed its benefits to decrease different symptoms, mainly pain. During the
last decade, this technique has also been proposed to adults with cancer to improve other symptoms, such as emotional distress,
fatigue, or sleep difficulties. In pediatric oncology, hypnosis is also used to decrease disease-, treatment-, and procedure-related
pain and anxiety. The learning of self-hypnosis and self-care techniques also improves the well-being of adults or children with
cancer, their parents, and their siblings. Through several clinical cases, we will illustrate how hypnosis and self-care techniques
have been implemented in the pediatric haemato-oncology… More >