Mindfulness-based stress reduction alters brain activity for breast cancer survivors with chronic neuropathic pain: preliminary evidence from resting-state fMRI

ConclusionsThese results provide empirical evidence of a change in the brain following MBSR intervention associated with changes in the subjective experience of pain.Implications for Cancer SurvivorsThis study gives hope for a non-invasive method of easing the struggle of CNP in women following breast cancer treatment.
Source: Journal of Cancer Survivorship - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research