Yoga and meditation for menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors - A randomized controlled trial

Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2175-2184

  Cramer, Holger ^a,b   Rabsilber, Sybille ^c,d   Lauche, Romy ^a,b   Kümmel, Sherko ^d   Dobos, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Department of Gynecology Certified Breast Center Malteser Hospital St Anna   (Germany)

^d KLINIKEN ESSEN MITTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

breast neoplasm; meditation; menopause; randomized controlled trial; yoga

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIESTROGEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MEDITATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENTAL DISEASE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATOVEGETATIVE SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; UROGENITAL MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOM; YOGA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDITATION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 84931569817     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29330     Document Type: Article

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