Patients and their caregivers saw physical and emotional improvements after starting yoga.
BY Brielle Urciuoli
PUBLISHED October 23, 2017
While yoga was previously shown to reduce symptom burden in patients with breast cancer, researchers recently sought to find out if the practice would have the same effect on patients with lung cancer, who typically have more symptoms, including difficulty breathing, depression and fatigue.
The study, led by Kathrin Milbury, Ph.D., an assistant professor of cancer medicine in the Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, enrolled 26 pairs of patients with advanced lung cancer and their caregivers in 15 yoga sessions, each lasting an hour. On average, each pair attended about 12 sessions.
Another group was told that they were put on a wait list for yoga classes, and then used as the control group.
Each patient participating had advanced lung cancer that was unable to be removed surgically and was receiving chest radiation. Most were also undergoing chemotherapy.
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The study, led by Kathrin Milbury, Ph.D., an assistant professor of cancer medicine in the Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, enrolled 26 pairs of patients with advanced lung cancer and their caregivers in 15 yoga sessions, each lasting an hour. On average, each pair attended about 12 sessions.
Another group was told that they were put on a wait list for yoga classes, and then used as the control group.
Each patient participating had advanced lung cancer that was unable to be removed surgically and was receiving chest radiation. Most were also undergoing chemotherapy.
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