Effects of an integrated yoga program in modulating psychological stress and radiation-induced genotoxic stress in breast cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-250

  Banerjee, Birendranath ^a,b,c   Vadiraj, H S ^c   Ram, Amritanshu ^c   Rao, Raghavendra ^c   Jayapal, Manikandan ^a   Gopinath, Kodaganur S ^d   Ramesh, B S ^d   Rao, Nalini ^c,d   Kumar, Ajay ^e   Raghuram, Nagarathna ^c   Hegde, Sridevi ^b   Nagendra, H R ^c   Prakash Hande, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MANIPAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c SVYASA University   (India)

^d Bangalore Institute of Oncology   (India)

^e Bharath Hospital Institute of Oncology   (India)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Meditation; Radiotherapy; Stress; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; YOGA;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 34548126154     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735407306214     Document Type: Article

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