Mindfulness Based Breast Cancer Management: Review Study

Background & Aim: Breast cancer are involved with physiological, psychological, pathological, cultural and even social factors therefore for breast cancer management a comprehensive assessment and an individualized plan should be provided. This review attempted to illustrate the present evidence supporting mindfulness based methodologies and therapeutic approaches, and demonstrate the process of interventions for breast cancer pain syndrome.. Methods: This study included all indexed studies during last 10 years. We searched MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane, SID and Magiran from 2006 through April 2016. We included prospective, controlled health care intervention studies of female with breast cancer populations, focusing on pain. Results: Eight studies met the inclusion criteria mostly focused on mindfulness-based therapies. This systematic review found some evidence for the effectiveness of mindfulness based stress reduction in improving psychological health such as quality of life, stress, anxiety, depression, anxiety, social support, unhappiness etc. Conclusion: We found moderate strength of supports in case of effectiveness of mindfulness interventions, particularly mindfulness based stress reduction that introduced as third view therapies.