Breast care

Mindfulness in Follow-Up Care After Breast Cancer: Can It Prevent Recurrence?

Breast care April 2018 Carola Modica, Klaus Hoenig

This review focuses on the question whether mindfulness in follow-up care can contribute to the prevention of breast cancer (BC) recurrence. We first introduce behavioral risk and protective factors in follow-up care by presenting current research outcomes modulating individual risk for recurrence. We argue that although increased self-awareness is undoubtedly beneficial for BC survivors, it...