Yoga for women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy

癌症及其治疗与相当大的痛苦，受损的生活质量 (QOL)心理健康状况不佳，身体机能下降。对女性来说尤其如此 乳腺癌患者在较长时间内接受多模式治疗。许多 妇女接受手术和化疗，之后往往进行放射治疗。是 重要的是制定计划，可以帮助改善治疗相关的发病率， 随着时间的推移，乳腺癌患者的病情会逐渐加重。此外，考虑到紧张的时间 放射治疗的需求（患者通常每周接受5天治疗 6周），至关重要的是，程序可以很容易地纳入治疗计划。 研究表明，为癌症患者量身定制的减压计划可能会有所帮助。 患者科普治疗的急性效应并改善治疗后的生活质量。瑜伽 古印度科学，包括减压技术，包括调节呼吸， 视觉意象、冥想和各种轻柔的伸展姿势。瑜伽可能特别 适用于乳腺癌术后和接受放射治疗的妇女 由于压力管理和放松技巧以及温和的拉伸， 应该有助于恢复。初步研究发现瑜伽对乳腺癌女性有益 接受放射治疗将瑜伽课程融入女性的治疗方案 接受乳腺癌放射治疗使参与该计划变得容易， 遵守率很高。我们将确定实施瑜伽计划的有效性， 乳腺癌患者作为放疗的辅助治疗。乳腺癌患者 正在接受放射治疗的患者将被随机分配到三组中的一组： 组、拉伸/放松组或等待列表对照组。两个参与者 干预组将在6周放疗期间每周参加3天的会议 schedule.将在随机化前、放疗中途、 放疗结束后1、3、6、12个月 放疗我们将检查生活质量指数，疲劳，睡眠障碍，心理健康，成本- 有效性分析、工作和/或家庭生产力以及皮质醇节律性。我们假设 瑜伽计划将有助于促进恢复和缓解生理和 目前正在接受放射治疗的患者所经历的心理副作用。

Cancer and its treatment are associated with considerable distress, impaired quality of life (QOL), poor mental health, and reduced physical function. This is particularly true for women with breast cancer who receive multimodal treatment over an extended period of time. Many women undergo surgery and chemotherapy, which are often followed by radiotherapy. It is important to develop programs that can help ameliorate the treatment-related morbidity that accumulates over time for women with breast cancer. Furthermore, given the stressful time demands posed by radiotherapy treatment (patients typically receive treatment 5-days per week for 6 weeks) it is crucial that programs be easily incorporated into the treatment schedule. Research suggests that stress-reduction programs tailored to the cancer setting may help patients cope with the acute effects of treatment and improve QOL after treatment. Yoga, an ancient Indian science, incorporates stress-reduction techniques including regulated breathing, visual imagery, meditation, and various gentle stretching postures. Yoga may be particularly useful for women with breast cancer after surgery and while undergoing radiation treatment because of the stress management and relaxation techniques and the gentle stretching that should facilitate recovery. Preliminary studies found yoga is useful for women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy. Integrating a yoga program into the treatment regimen of women undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer makes participation in the program easy and compliance has been high. We will determine the efficacy of implementing a yoga program for patients with breast cancer as an adjuvant to their radiotherapy. Patients with breast cancer who are undergoing radiotherapy will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: a yoga group, a stretching/relaxation group, or a waitlist control group. Participants in the two intervention groups will attend sessions 3 days/week throughout their 6-week radiotherapy schedule. Measures will be obtained prior to randomization, midway through radiotherapy, during the last week of radiotherapy, and 1 and 3, 6 and 12 months after the end of radiotherapy. We will examine indices of QOL, fatigue, sleep disturbances, mental health, cost- effectiveness analysis, work and/or home productivity, and cortisol rhythmicity. We hypothesize that the yoga program will help facilitate recovery and alleviate the physiological and psychological side effects experienced by patients who are currently receiving radiotherapy.