How music therapy helps cancer patients cope in NYC: 'Music helps me take care of myself'

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A music therapy program on the Upper East Side is helping cancer patients manage the highs and lows of their treatment.

James Kopec is rewriting his life story and his own song on his path toward healing in a hospital, a place he couldn’t have predicted."I think it should be a necessity. It should be part of the healing process," Kopec told FOX 5.He and Sean McNally, his music therapist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, are connected by the strum of strings and a deep love for music."I got to know what kind of music he likes.

"Understand that I could debrief and remember what my mom taught me about utilizing my diaphragm to get my blood flowing," he recalled.The pandemic was a major driving force for the project, as many cancer patients were shut out of hospitals due to limited access to in-patient care."It allows researchers to understand how one treatment compares to the other," Dr. Kevin Liou, an integrated medicine physician, said.

 

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