title: An oncology mind-body medicine day care clinic: concept and case presentation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cancer diagnosis and treatment are often associated with physical and psychosocial impairments. Many cancer patients request complementary and alternative therapies such as mind-body medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  The department of internal and integrative medicine at the Essen-Mitte Clinics offer a mind-body medicine day care clinic for cancer patients that is based on the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program and the mind-body medicine cancer program of the Harvard Mind/Body Medical Institute. The program encompasses mindfulness training, yoga, mindful exercise, nutrition, naturopathic self-help strategies, and cognitive restructuring.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two patients who had participated in the day care clinic program are presented here. One patient presented with anxiety and depression after recently diagnosed breast cancer and the other with psychological impairments as a result of multiple nevi excision after malignant melanoma surgery. Both patients improved in terms of anxiety and further psychological symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Essen-Mitte Clinics mind-body medicine day care clinic appears to alleviate psychological consequences of cancer and its treatment. Further studies and randomized controlled trials are necessary to confirm these results.
authors: Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Paul
authors: Holger
authors: H
authors: Cramer
authors: Romy
authors: R
authors: Lauche
authors: Nils
authors: N
authors: Altner
authors: Jost
authors: J
authors: Langhorst
authors: Gustav J
authors: GJ
authors: Dobos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D026441:Mind-Body Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery
keywords: anxiety; breast neoplasms; case reports; melanoma; mind-body therapies; mindfulness-based stress reduction; neoplasms