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To determine whether a clinical hypnosis intervention effectively reduces the frequency and severity of hot flashes and related distress in breast cancer survivors.

September 23, 2008Journal of Clinical OncologyOpen Access

Randomized Trial of a Hypnosis Intervention for Treatment of Hot Flashes Among Breast Cancer Survivors

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GEGary ElkinsBaylor University JMJoel MarcusThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler VSVered StearnsJohns Hopkins University

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Randomized trial demonstrates that hypnosis reduces hot flash scores by 68% in breast cancer survivors, indicating a viable mind-body treatment for post-cancer symptom management.

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To determine whether a clinical hypnosis intervention effectively reduces the frequency and severity of hot flashes and related distress in breast cancer survivors.
Randomized trial allocating 60 female breast cancer survivors with ≥14 hot flashes per week to receive either 5 weekly hypnosis sessions or no treatment control.
Assessed a primary bivariate construct of hot flash frequency and hot flash score, alongside secondary outcomes of anxiety, depression, sleep, and interference with daily activities across 51 completing participants.
Hot flash scores (frequency multiplied by average severity) decreased by 68% from baseline to treatment completion in the hypnosis arm (P < .001).
Hypnosis produced statistically significant improvements compared with the no-treatment group in secondary measures of daily interference, sleep disruption, anxiety, and depression (all P < .005).

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Elkins et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a81a0ebb35cb7638cee2408 https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2008.16.6389

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Randomized trial demonstrates that hypnosis reduces hot flash scores by 68% in breast cancer survivors, indicating a viable mind-body treatment for post-cancer symptom management.

Randomized Trial of a Hypnosis Intervention for Treatment of Hot Flashes Among Breast Cancer Survivors

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