Breast Cancer

LifeShirt System measures cardiopulmonary parameters in breast cancer study

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 4th, 2004

Researchers at the Tom Baker Cancer Center and University of Calgary are using the LifeShirt System from VivoMetrics in combination with the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program (MBSR) to help identify how stress-reducing activities can affect symptoms of fatigue, sleep, and autonomic parameters in breast cancer patients.

A better understanding of how psychological and physiological factors combine to affect distressing symptoms associated with breast cancer is expected to lead to behavioral treatments aimed at reducing these symptoms, improving quality of life, and restoring balance among bodily systems.

This study, the first non-intrusive...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-11-04)

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