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- Title
Mindfulness-based cancer recovery The development of an evidence-based psychosocial oncology intervention.
- Authors
Carlson, Linda E.
- Abstract
The use of mindfulness-based interventions has grown exponentially across health care, and particularly in the cancer arena. This paper reviews the key features of mindfulness and how it is often cultivated through formal meditation training programs. The history and development of our program of mindfulness-based cancer recovery (MBCR) is described, and the progression of our research program which began in the late 1990s, is summarized. Preliminary studies documented the efficacy of the program, for improving stress symptoms, anxiety, depression, mood and symptoms, such as fatigue and sleep problems. Later studies showed effects of the program across a wide range of biomarkers, such as salivary cortisol, cytokines and blood pressure. Current randomized controlled trials pit the MBCR program against other active and empirically-supported treatments for a range of symptoms, from general distress to clinical insomnia. We are also testing alternative delivery strategies, such as online MBCR. Mindfulness-based interventions hold a great deal of promise for helping people with cancer cope across a broad range of symptoms and issues.
- Publication
Oncology Exchange, 2013, Vol 12, Issue 2, p21
- ISSN
1705-2394
- Publication type
Academic Journal