[Breast cancer: perspectives from integrative medicine].

Integrative medicine combines the virtues of conventional medicine and complementary medicine in order to improve the quality of life of patients suffering from cancer. Thanks to a multidisciplinary and multi-professional team, the Center for integrative and complementary medicine (CEMIC) allows since 2017 cancer patients at CHUV to have access to certain therapies, for which there are sufficient data suggesting a benefit in terms of quality of life. The concepts of tolerance, safety, risk of interactions and potential adverse biological effects remain central. In this article, we discuss acupuncture, art therapy, mindfulness and some natural therapies that are encountered regularly.