First-of-its-kind study finds music therapy lowers anxiety during surgical breast biopsies

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Public Release: 17-Aug-2015
First-of-its-kind study finds music therapy lowers anxiety during surgical breast biopsies
First randomized controlled study to test music therapy for anxiety management in surgery for diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer
University Hospitals Case Medical Center

A first-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology finds that music therapy lessened anxiety for women undergoing surgical breast biopsies for cancer diagnosis and treatment. The two-year study out of University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center involved 207 patients.

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