A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction for women with early-stage breast cancer receiving radiotherapy

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 404-413

  Henderson, Virginia P ^a   Massion, Ann O ^b   Clemow, Lynn ^c   Hurley, Thomas G ^a   Druker, Susan ^d   Hébert, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Coastal Psychiatric Medical Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; mindfulness based stress reduction program; psychosocial intervention; quality of life; radiation therapy; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELPLESSNESS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PARANOIA; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

BREAST CANCER; MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION PROGRAM; PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUTRITION THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RADIOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883337086     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735412473640     Document Type: Article

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