Examination of broad symptom improvement resulting from mindfulness-based stress reduction in breast cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 2827-2834

  Lengacher, Cecile A ^a   Reich, Richard R ^d   Paterson, Carly L ^f   Ramesar, Sophia ^a   Park, Jong Y ^b   Alinat, Carissa ^a   Johnson Mallard, Versie ^e   Moscoso, Manolete ^a   Budhrani Shani, Pinky ^g   Miladinovic, Branko ^c   Jacobsen, Paul B ^b   Cox, Charles E ^c   Goodman, Matthew ^h   Kip, Kevin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEAR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFICACY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER STAGING; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84982170248     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2015.65.7874     Document Type: Article

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