Yoga for Breast Cancer



Status:Completed
Conditions:Breast Cancer
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:9/21/2018
Start Date:March 2013
End Date:December 31, 2015

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

A Randomized Study of the Effect of Yoga in Patients With Breast Cancer Receiving Radiation Therapy

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.


Inclusion Criteria:

- 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

Exclusion Criteria:

- 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.
We found this trial at
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Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
(215) 662-6065
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