30/10/2026
Great to see these articles/studies in my feed, thanks for the share 🙌
Chiropractic may play a role in supportive cancer care. A new study in Supportive Care in Cancer followed 97 oncology patients receiving individualized, low-force chiropractic care in a cancer center. Across three visits, average patient-reported function improved and pain decreased. By the third visit, 27% had a clinically meaningful improvement in function and 44% in pain.
For chiropractic, the importance is the setting as much as the results: carefully selected patients received care tailored to their clinical needs within an oncology team. The study measured activities that mattered to each patient, alongside pain.
This was a small retrospective study without a comparison group, so it cannot show that chiropractic care caused the improvements or establish safety for all patients with cancer. It does offer a useful starting point for controlled research into chiropractic’s role in supportive oncology care.
Article reference and DOI: Siegel S, et al. Functional outcomes in oncology patients receiving chiropractic care: a retrospective chart review. Support Care Cancer. 2026. - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00520-026-11248-y
