Yoga-based exercise has proven to be beneficial for practitioners, including cancer survivors. This study reports on the effect on inflammatory biological markers for 20 breast cancer survivors who participated in a six-month yoga-based (YE) exercise program. Results are compared to a comprehensive exercise (CE) program group and a comparison (C) exercise group who chose their own exercises. “Pre” and “post” assessments included measures of anthropometrics, cardiorespiratory capacity, and inflammatory markers interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 8 (IL-8), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) and C-reactive protein (CRP). Descriptive statistics, effect size (d), and dependent sample ‘t’ tests for all outcome measures were calculated for the YE group. Significant improvements were seen in decreased % body fat, (−3.00%, d = −0.44, p =
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Long Parma, D., Hughes, D. C., Ghosh, S., Li, R., Treviño-Whitaker, R. A., Ogden, S. M., & Ramirez, A. G. (2015). Effects of six months of Yoga on inflammatory serum markers prognostic of recurrence risk in breast cancer survivors. SpringerPlus, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-0912-z
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