Mindfulness practice reduces cortisol blunting during chemotherapy: A randomized controlled study of colorectal cancer patients.
Cancer August 15, 2017 David S Black, Cheng Peng, Alix G Sleight et al.
The objective of this randomized clinical experiment was to test the influence of a mindfulness meditation practice, when delivered during 1 session of active chemotherapy administration, on the acute salivary cortisol response as a marker of neuroendocrine system activity in cancer patients. A mindfulness, attention-control, or resting exposure was assigned to 57 English- or Spanish-speaking...
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30698 (opens in new tab)
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Meditation
Mindfulness
Chemotherapy
Colorectal
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