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- Title
Role of Yoga Across the Cancer Care Continuum: From Diagnosis Through Survivorship.
- Authors
Narayanan, Santhosshi; Francisco, Roshirl; Lopez, Gabriel; Chaoul, M. Alejandro; Meegada, Sreenath; Liu, Wenli; Mallaiah, Smitha; Milbury, Kathrin; Cohen, Lorenzo
- Abstract
Objective: To review the effects of yoga as an adjunct supportive care modality alongside conventional cancer treatment on quality of life (QOL), physical and mental health outcomes, and physiological and biological measures of cancer survivors. Methods: Nonsystematic review of the literature. Results: Yoga therapy, one of the most frequently used mind-body modalities, has been studied extensively in cancer survivors (from the time of diagnosis through long-term recovery). Yoga affects human physiology on multiple levels, including psychological outcomes, immune and endocrine function, and cardiovascular parameters, as well as multiple areas of QOL. It has been found to reduce psychological stress and fatigue and improve QOL in cancer patients and survivors. Yoga has also been used to manage symptoms such as arthralgia, fatigue, and insomnia. In addition, yoga offers benefits not only for cancer survivors but also for their caregivers. Conclusion: As part of an integrative, evidence-informed approach to cancer care, yoga may provide benefits that support the health of cancer survivors and caregivers.
- Subjects
FATIGUE prevention; PREVENTION of psychological stress; TUMOR treatment; COGNITION disorders; CANCER patient psychology; CONTINUUM of care; CYTOKINES; DNA; HEALTH status indicators; IMMUNE system; INFLAMMATION; INSOMNIA; INTEGRATED health care delivery; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL health; MIND &; body therapies; QUALITY of life; YOGA; JOINT pain; PREVENTION
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, 2019, Vol 26, Issue 5, p219
- ISSN
1079-6533
- Publication type
Article