What is known about the value of mindfulness interventions in prostate cancer patients?
In prostate cancer patients, mindfulness interventions were well accepted and were effective in reducing stress, anxiety, avoidance, fear of cancer recurrence, cortisol levels and blood pressure, and improving quality of life, sleep quality and immune system functioning. In addition, mindfulness interventions promoted initiation of healthy dietary changes and decreases the rate of PSA increase and may slow the rate of tumor progression in cases of biochemically recurrent prostate cancer.