Open AccessRole of yoga in cancer patients: Expectations, benefits, and risks: A review
Author(s) -
Raghavendra Rao,
Amritanshu Ram,
H T Vinutha,
Shanmugaraj Vaishnaruby,
Shashidhara Deepashree,
Murthy Megha,
Rajendra Geetha,
BS Ajaikumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_107_17
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , distress , quality of life (healthcare) , mood , alternative medicine , context (archaeology) , cancer , popularity , affect (linguistics) , systematic review , psychotherapist , medline , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychology , nursing , pathology , communication , biology , political science , law , paleontology , social psychology
The diagnosis and treatment of cancer poses severe psychologic distress that impacts functional quality of life. While cancer directed treatments are directed purely against tumor killing, interventions that reduce treatment related distress and improve quality of life are the need of the hour. Yoga is one such mind body intervention that is gaining popularity among cancer patients.