Laura Boitano, an undergraduate at
Georgetown
University, is conducting
a study for her senior honors research thesis and is looking at the
effect of yoga on the immune status of breast cancer patients. She
is currently recruiting patients on a rolling basis for both the
yoga and non-yoga groups. She asks that patients in the yoga group
participate in yoga at least two times a week. They can participate
at home or at a yoga studio. Additionally, patients in the yoga
group as well as patients who are not doing yoga will be asked a
series of survey questions bi-weekly over the telephone about their
stress level, health and cold symptoms. The questions will take
less than 5 minutes to answer. The study lasts a total of four
months once the patient starts. Patients must have been treated
with chemotherapy at some point in their treatment.
Contact Laura at
ltb5@georgetown.edu
or 631-838-1587.
