Spring Lake, MI. — May 15, 2012—The Absenger Cancer Education Foundation, Spring Lake, Michigan, is pleased to announce the initiation of an interventional, supportive care, randomized efficacy study to evaluate the effects of a Mind-Body Skills Group on measures of Quality of Life (QoL) in a population of cancer patients. The study will enroll 24 cancer patients in a 4-week (8 sessions, 2 per week) study starting May 28, 2012 and concluding June 21, 2012.
According to the National Cancer Institute, distress is common to almost every cancer patient because of many stressors associated with different stages of cancer and the associated oncological treatment, but only a small number of distressed patients receive the help necessary to address their distress.