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Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2012

Randomized controlled pilot trial of yoga in overweight and obese breast cancer survivors: effects on quality of life and anthropometric measures.

Alyson J Littman, Lisa Cadmus Bertram, Rachel Ceballos, Cornelia M Ulrich, Jaya Ramaprasad, Bonnie McGregor, Anne McTiernan

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 84 papers, 29 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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84citing papers in PubMed, 29 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00476203 nacompletednot on this map

Effect of Yoga on Weight and Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorFred Hutchinson Cancer CenterRan2007 to 2011Enrolled63ConditionsBreast CancerArmsYoga, Delayed yoga classes
NCT03575845 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Yoga on Barriers to Occupational Engagement in African American Breast Cancer Survivors

TypeinterventionalSponsorMount Mary UniversityRan2015 to 2015Enrolled17ConditionsBreast Neoplasm FemaleArmsOccupational Therapy Informed Yoga
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 29 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Yoga for fatigue in people with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  16. Effects of exercise on the quality of life in breast cancer patients: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019
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  17. Physical activity for women with breast cancer after adjuvant therapy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  18. Salute to the sun: a new dawn in yoga therapy for breast cancer.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2017
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24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Alyson J LittmanSeattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1100 Olive Way, Metropolitan Park West, Suite 1400, Seattle, WA 98101, USA. alyson@u.washington.edu
Lisa Cadmus Bertram
Rachel Ceballos
Cornelia M Ulrich
Jaya Ramaprasad
Bonnie McGregor
Anne McTiernan
Fred Hutch Cancer Center · USUniversity of Washington · USGerman Cancer Research Center · DEUniversity of San Diego · USVA Puget Sound Health Care System · US

Funding

Preventing obesity in low income working adultsU54CA116847 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI MCTIERNAN, ANNE M. · 2005 to 2010
$12.6M
Cancer Prevention Trng-Nutrition, Exercise &GeneticsR25CA094880 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI WHITE, EMILY · 2002 to 2016
$7.3M
NCI NIH HHS 1U54 CA116847NCI NIH HHS R25 CA094880NCI NIH HHS U54 CA116847
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo obtain estimates of time to recruit the study sample, retention, facility-based class attendance and home practice for a study of yoga in breast cancer survivors, and its efficacy on fatigue, quality of life (QOL), and weight change.

methodsSixty-three post-treatment stages 0-III borderline overweight and obese (body mass index ≥ 24 kg/m(2)) breast cancer survivors were randomly assigned to a 6-month, facility- and home-based viniyoga intervention (n = 32) or a waitlist control group (n = 31). The yoga goal was five practices per week. Primary outcome measures were changes in QOL, fatigue, and weight from baseline to 6 months. Secondary outcomes included changes in waist and hip circumference.

resultsIt took 12 months to complete recruitment. Participants attended a mean of 19.6 classes and practiced at home a mean of 55.8 times during the 6-month period. At follow-up, 90% of participants completed questionnaires and 87% completed anthropometric measurements. QOL and fatigue improved to a greater extent among women in the yoga group relative to women in the control group, although no differences were statistically significant. Waist circumference decreased 3.1 cm (95% CI, -5.7 and -0.4) more among women in the yoga compared with the control group, with no difference in weight change.

conclusionsThis study provides important information regarding recruitment, retention, and practice levels achieved during a 6-month, intensive yoga intervention in overweight and obese breast cancer survivors. Yoga may help decrease waist circumference and improve quality of life; future studies are needed to confirm these results.

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YogaAdultAgedAnthropometryBody WeightBreast NeoplasmsFatigueFemaleHumansMiddle AgedObesityOverweightPilot ProjectsQuality of LifeSurvivorsWaist Circumference

Identifiers

PMID21207071
PMCPMC3188686
OpenAlexW2061672059

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.