Yoga for Breast Cancer

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Conditions studied: Women With Stage I or II Breast Cancer Undergoing Active Radiation Therapy

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine the use of Eischens yoga for 8 weeks in one cohort of 20 women with stage I and II breast cancer receiving radiation therapy treatment, while a second cohort of the same type of and number of patients who, instead of yoga will receive standard supportive therapy, Questionnaire measuring cancer-related quality of life (FACT-G instrument) and fatigue (Brief Fatique Inventory) will be given to patients at several points.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01985945

Run by

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

People needed

70

Starts

2013-03-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Stage I and II breast cancer patients undergoing active radiation therapy
• Above the age of 18
• Must sign informed consent form
• Must speak English
• Only women are eligible

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with medical restrictions that may interfere with yoga participation per their physicians' decision
• Those who have smoked in the last 6 months because smoking can interfere with the breathing and relaxation techniques of yoga.
• Those who have regularly taken yoga in the last 6 months, because they would not come to the intervention with the same baseline as other participants.

Where it is running

• Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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