Breast cancer diagnosis, surgery, adjuvant therapies and survivorship can all be extremely
stressful. In women, concerns about body image are common as a result of the disease and …

Although sleep is vital to all human functioning and poor sleep is a known problem in
cancer, it is unclear whether the overall prevalence of the various types of sleep disorders in …

Background Yoga is a popular mind–body therapy that has demonstrated beneficial effects
on psychological, behavioral, and functional outcomes. However, few studies have …

BACKGROUND: Poorly coordinated diurnal cortisol and circadian rest-activity rhythms
predict earlier mortality in metastatic breast and colorectal cancer, respectively. We …

Purpose To examine whether depression, anxiety disorder, and their co-occurrence would
increase the risk of mortality in patients with breast cancer, and whether antidepressant …

The diagnosis of cancer elicits a broad range of well-characterized stress-related
biobehavioral responses. Recent studies also suggest that an individual's neuroendocrine …

Fatigue is a major burden for breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant therapy. Yet, its
pathophysiology is still not well understood. Hypothesized mechanisms include …

Psychological distress, which can begin with cancer diagnosis and continue with treatment,
is linked with circadian and endocrine disruption. In turn, circadian/endocrine factors are …

Methods Searches were conducted using Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, Wiley Online
Library, and PsycINFO, using the terms “breast cancer,”“breast malignancy,”“coping …

BACKGROUND: Quality of life (QoL) after breast cancer is nowadays a major challenge.
Complementary interventions are necessary because of frequent depression symptoms after …