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Mindfulness helps young women after breast cancer, study says
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Mindfulness, meditation and survivorship education can help young breast cancer survivors overcome depression and other problems, a new study indicates.
About 20% of breast cancer cases occur in women younger than 50, many of whom face significant struggles.
Advertisement For women in their 30s and 40s, the experience with breast cancer and its treatments is substantially different from that of older women, said study author Dr. Patricia Ganz said in a university news release. These women often require more aggressive therapy that can be both disruptive and disfiguring, which can cause high levels of distress, putting them at an increased risk for the negative effects of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Yet, little research has been done on strategies to reduce the depression and manage the stress of this younger population, said Ganz, associate director for population science research at UCLA s Jonsson