Yoga Therapy During Chemotherapy for Early-Stage and Locally Advanced Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chemotherapy is associated with decreased quality of life (QOL), fatigue, depression, and weight gain in patients with breast cancer. Weight gain is associated with poorer prognosis. Yoga improves QOL, fatigue, and mood in women with breast cancer but its effect on treatment-related weight gain has not been studied. The aim of this trial was to determine the feasibility of personalized yoga therapy in women receiving treatment for early-stage or locally advanced breast cancer and assess its impact on weight gain.

Methods

Thirty women were randomized 1:1 to receive yoga therapy by a certified yoga therapist during treatment or a control group. Participants in the yoga arm were asked to complete three 30 minute yoga sessions weekly (which included movement, breath w

SUBMITTER: Greaney SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9706042 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature