ArticleJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2020
Breast cancer survivors living with chronic neuropathic pain show improved brain health following mindfulness-based stress reduction: a preliminary diffusion tensor imaging study.
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- Addressing health inequities in treating neuropathic pain: a scoping review of cognitive behavioral therapies, mindfulness, and meditation-based interventions.Epidemiologic reviews · 2026Article
- Efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reduction versus usual care in patients with breast cancer: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- The moderating role of extraversion in the relationship between trait mindfulness and pain adaptation.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Advances in Neuroimaging of Breast Cancer Pain: An Overview.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- Promising Subjective and Objective Benefits of Modified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Training for Chinese Adults with Chronic Pain: A Pilot Randomized Control Study.Pain and therapy · 2023Article
- Dynamic processes of mindfulness-based alterations in pain perception.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Mindfulness is associated with improved psychological well-being but no change in stress biomarkers in breast cancer survivors with depression: a single group clinical pilot study.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Altered Functional Connectivity in Pain-Related Brain Regions and Its Correlation with Pain Duration in Bone Metastasis with Cancer Pain.Disease markers · 2022Article
- The Neural Signature of Psychological Interventions in Persons With Cancer: A Scoping Review.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
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purposeThe present study explores the benefits of an 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program to white matter integrity among breast cancer survivors experiencing chronic neuropathic pain (CNP).
methodsTwenty-three women were randomly assigned to either a MBSR treatment group (n = 13) or a waitlist control group (n = 10). Participants were imaged with MRI prior to and post-MBSR training using diffusion tensor imaging.
resultsCompared with controls, the MBSR group showed a significant increase in fractional anisotropy (FA), particularly in the left subcortical regions including the uncinate fasciculus, amygdala, and hippocampus, as well as in the external capsule and in the left sagittal stratum. No decreases to FA were found in any brain regions following MBSR training. The FA values also negatively correlated with the pain severity and pain interference scores from the BRIEF pain questionnaire.
conclusionsThe present findings demonstrate that MBSR training may enhance the integrity of cerebral white matter that coincides with a reduction in pain perception. Further research with a larger sample size is required. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: This study highlights the potential for MBSR, as a non-pharmacological intervention, to provide both brain health improvement and pain perception relief for female breast cancer survivors experiencing CNP.
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