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Qi gong, yoga and recurrence rates?

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Question from kkost: Is there any research on the impact of qi gong or yoga on recurrence rates?: Answer —Beth DuPree, M.D., F.A.C.S.: To the best of my knowledge, I do not believe that there are any prospective randomized trials looking at recurrence rates looking at qi gong or yoga. Again, one of the focuses of complementary medicine and integrative therapies is an understanding of the difference between curing disease and healing. If someone's cancer is physically removed from their body and the cancer no longer exists, but that patient sits alone in the darkness of their home living in fear that cancer will return, they are technically cured of their disease but are not healed. In contrast, someone whose cancer [still exists], although they may not be cured of cancer, they can certainly find healing and therefore be positively affected by a modality that helps them to reach that safe place.

On Wednesday, March 21, 2007, our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Complementary Medicine Techniques. Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D. and moderator Beth Baughman DuPree, M.D., F.A.C.S. answered your questions about different types of complementary techniques and how they can help during and after breast cancer treatment.

The materials presented in these conferences do not necessarily reflect the views of Breastcancer.org. A qualified healthcare professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product or regimen discussed. All readers should verify all information and data before employing any therapies described here.

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Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D. is an associate professor and director of the Integrative Medicine Program at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Cohen is conducting a number of studies to find out how complementary techniques such as meditation, stress management, emotional writing, yoga, and music therapy might be able to improve patients' quality of life during cancer treatment.

Beth Baughman DuPree, M.D., F.A.C.S. the medical director of the Breast Health Program at Holy Redeemer Health System in Meadowbrook, PA.

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