Mind Body Program for Fear of Recurrence

Mind Body Program for Fear of Recurrence

This is a pilot feasibility study of a group-based, mind body intervention for managing stress and fear of recurrence and promoting resiliency among adult cancer survivors.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients must have a history of breast, lung, colorectal, hematologic, prostate, melanoma, or gynecological cancer (by medical record and/or self-report)
2. Completion of primary cancer treatment (radiation, surgery, and/or chemotherapy) between 3 to 30 months ago
3. Ages 18 and older (by medical record and/or self-report)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Self-reported inability to speak and write in English
2. Concurrent participation in weekly, group-based psychosocial or mind-body programs
3. Serious mental illness (by medical record and/or self-report) as defined by history of suicidality, psychosis, and/or psychiatric hospitalization in the past year.
4. Inability to travel to necessary study visits
5. No e-mail address to access online assessments