Effects of an integrated yoga program in modulating psychological stress and radiation-induced genotoxic stress in breast cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy
Integrative cancer therapies
Short Title:
Integr.Cancer.Ther.
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
Nov 30, 2006
Pages:
242 - 250
Sources ID:
40171
Notes:
LR: 20151119; JID: 101128834; 2007/09/01 09:00 [pubmed]; 2007/11/09 09:00 [medline]; 2007/09/01 09:00 [entrez]; ppublish
Collection:
Yoga-Based Interventions for Cancer Treatment
Visibility:
Public (group default)
Abstract:
(Show)
Effects of an integrated yoga program in modulating perceived stress levels, anxiety, as well as depression levels and radiation-induced DNA damage were studied in 68 breast cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. Two psychological questionnaires--Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)--and DNA damage assay were used in the study. There was a significant decrease in the HADS scores in the yoga intervention group, whereas the control group displayed an increase in these scores. Mean PSS was decreased in the yoga group, whereas the control group did not show any change pre- and postradiotherapy. Radiation-induced DNA damage was significantly elevated in both the yoga and control groups after radiotherapy, but the postradiotherapy DNA damage in the yoga group was slightly less when compared to the control group. An integrated approach of yoga intervention modulates the stress and DNA damage levels in breast cancer patients during radiotherapy.