After/during breast cancer, affected patients often demonstrate many different psychological/physical symptoms as a result of the duress of treatment and the illness. Some of these symptoms include fatigue, depression, anxiety, lack of appetite, etc., and these symptoms often form clusters. MBSR can be used to treat these symptoms/clusters in post-treatment breast cancer patients. 

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Post-treatment Breast Cancer Patients

Types of cancer that have been shown through research to be treated by psycho-oncologic interventions include: 

- Breast Cancer 
- Gynaecological Cancer

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Psycho-oncology is the study of physical/biological and social aspects of life with cancer. Its goal is to improve quality of life and to treat emotional and physical symptoms related to cancer treatment and lifestyle.  

Psycho-oncology 

Lang-Rollin, Isabelle., Berberich, Gotz. (2018). Psycho-oncology. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 20(1), 13-22. Retrieved from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6016045/  

Psycho-oncology

Goerling U, Jaeger C, Walz A, Stickel A, Mangler M, van der Meer E.(2014). The Efficacy of Short-Term Psycho-Oncological Interventions for Women with Gynaecological Cancer: A Randomized Study. Oncology 2014;87:114-124. doi: 10.1159/000362818 

The Efficacy of Short-Term Psycho-oncological Interventions for Women with Gynaecological Cancer: A Randomized Study

- Physical problems/symptoms
- Emotional problems/symptoms
- Practical/Social Problems 
- Family Problems 
- Spiritual Problems
- Improvement of Overall Health 
- Efficient, Optimized Treatment 

Targets of Psycho-oncologic Interventions

Cancers whose effects are targeted by Psycho-oncologic interventions

Some commonly used types of psycho-oncologic interventions include: 

- Educational Interventions 
- Energy expenditure interventions
- Psychotherapeutic interventions 

Types of Psycho-oncologic Interventions

Some common methods of treatment in psycho-oncology include:

- Mindfulness-related therapies 
- Telehealth/ E-learning therapies

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