Mind-Body Therapies for Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in People with Cancer: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analysis
Overview
This systematic review and network meta-analysis evaluates the effectiveness of various mind-body therapies for managing depression and anxiety in cancer patients. The study analyzed 182 randomized controlled trials involving over 16,000 participants to rank interventions against usual care. It identifies specific modalities such as biofeedback, spiritual interventions, mindfulness-based practices, yoga, and music therapy as having statistically significant effects on symptom reduction.
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- Yoann Birling (Western Sydney University), Deep Jyoti Bhuyan (Western Sydney University), Fan Feng (Benson-Henry Institute), Mingxian Jia (Beijing University of Chinese Medicine), Jing Liu (Western Sydney University), Han Zhang (Beijing University of Chinese Medicine), Matthew Rahimi (Woolcock Institute of Medical Research), Wing Yu Yu (Western Sydney University), Linda E. Carlson (University of Calgary), Hazel Betul Boge (Woolcock Institute of Medical Research), Nibras Jasim (Western Sydney University), Kayla Jaye (Western Sydney University), Indeewarie Hemamali Dissanayake (Western Sydney University), Dr Sarah Nevitt (University of Liverpool), Judith Lacey (Chris O’Brien Lifehouse), Rogier Hoenders (Lentis), Changrong Tang (Beijing Municipal Health Commission), Tiffany Tram (Western Sydney University), Paul P. Fahey (Western Sydney University)
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- 2026-05-18
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- 10.1007/s11912-026-01790-7
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@article{allodium:f1b07f1c0ade4ff1,
title = {Mind-Body Therapies for Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in People with Cancer: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analysis},
author = {Yoann Birling and Deep Jyoti Bhuyan and Fan Feng and Mingxian Jia and Jing Liu and Han Zhang and Matthew Rahimi and Wing Yu Yu and Linda E. Carlson and Hazel Betul Boge and Nibras Jasim and Kayla Jaye and Indeewarie Hemamali Dissanayake and Dr Sarah Nevitt and Judith Lacey and Rogier Hoenders and Changrong Tang and Tiffany Tram and Paul P. Fahey},
year = {2026},
journal = {PubMed Central},
doi = {10.1007/s11912-026-01790-7},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-026-01790-7}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Mind-Body Therapies for Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in People with Cancer: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analysis AU - Birling, Yoann AU - Bhuyan, Deep Jyoti AU - Feng, Fan AU - Jia, Mingxian AU - Liu, Jing AU - Zhang, Han AU - Rahimi, Matthew AU - Yu, Wing Yu AU - Carlson, Linda E. AU - Boge, Hazel Betul AU - Jasim, Nibras AU - Jaye, Kayla AU - Dissanayake, Indeewarie Hemamali AU - Nevitt, Dr Sarah AU - Lacey, Judith AU - Hoenders, Rogier AU - Tang, Changrong AU - Tram, Tiffany AU - Fahey, Paul P. PY - 2026 PB - PubMed Central DO - 10.1007/s11912-026-01790-7 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-026-01790-7 ER -
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Birling, Y., Bhuyan, D. J., Feng, F., Jia, M., Liu, J., Zhang, H., Rahimi, M., Yu, W. Y., Carlson, L. E., Boge, H. B., Jasim, N., Jaye, K., Dissanayake, I. H., Nevitt, D. S., Lacey, J., Hoenders, R., Tang, C., Tram, T., & Fahey, P. P. (2026). Mind-Body Therapies for Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in People with Cancer: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analysis. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-026-01790-7
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