Yoga for Breast Cancer

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Status

Completed

Conditions

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

Treatments

Other: Yoga

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01985945

UPCC 08113

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment

70 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

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.