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Purpose: Meditation is well known for its positive effects on recovery and quality of life enhancement among cancer patients. Meditation as an adjuvant therapy has received extensive attention from international scholars in relieving pain, reducing psychological pressure and improving the quality of life of cancer patients. In this study, we examine the current status of meditation in cancer research and its potential application value and future development.
Methods: We collected 825 articles published in the Web of science Core Collection between January 1, 1976, and July 1, 2024, covering 11 cancer types. Bibliometric tools such as VOSviewer, Citespace, and Biblioshiny were used to analyze publication trends, international collaborations, author contributions, keywords, co-citations, and journal impact.
Results: First, the steadily rising number of publications indicates an increasing scholarly focus on meditation's benefits for patients. Second, the USA, Australia, and China are the countries with the highest number of publications in each of the three clusters. Additionally, Carlson Linda E and eight other scholars are influential scholars in this field. Finally, through keyword co-occurrence and co-citation analysis, we identified "breast cancer," "quality of life," and "psychological intervention" as the hot topics of current research.
Conclusions: The study provides a valuable reference for scientific researchers to further explore meditation in cancer treatment.
Implications for cancer survivors: This study highlights the growing interest in meditation as an adjuvant therapy for cancer patients, underscoring its potential to improve survivors' quality of life. Current research primarily focuses on quality of life, mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy, and clinical trials. Additionally, online, virtual reality technology, cancer survivors, fear of cancer recurrence, and qualitative research may become cutting-edge research directions in the future.
目的：冥想对癌症患者的康复和生活质量的提高有积极的作用。冥想作为一种辅助疗法，在缓解癌症患者疼痛、减轻心理压力、提高生活质量方面受到了国际学者的广泛关注。在本研究中，我们探讨了冥想在癌症研究中的现状及其潜在的应用价值和未来的发展。方法：我们收集了1976年1月1日至2024年7月1日期间发表在Web of science Core Collection上的825篇文章，涵盖了11种癌症类型。文献计量工具如VOSviewer、Citespace和Biblioshiny被用于分析出版趋势、国际合作、作者贡献、关键词、共被引和期刊影响。结果：首先，出版物数量的稳步增长表明，越来越多的学者关注冥想对患者的益处。其次，美国、澳大利亚和中国是这三个集群中发表论文数量最多的国家。另外，Carlson Linda E等8位学者是该领域有影响力的学者。最后，通过关键词共现和共被引分析，我们确定了“乳腺癌”、“生活质量”和“心理干预”是当前的研究热点。结论：本研究为科研人员进一步探索冥想在癌症治疗中的作用提供了有价值的参考。对癌症幸存者的启示：这项研究强调了人们对冥想作为癌症患者辅助治疗的兴趣，强调了它改善幸存者生活质量的潜力。目前的研究主要集中在生活质量、正念减压疗法和临床试验上。此外，网络、虚拟现实技术、癌症幸存者、对癌症复发的恐惧、定性研究等可能成为未来的前沿研究方向。
期刊介绍：
Cancer survivorship is a worldwide concern. The aim of this multidisciplinary journal is to provide a global forum for new knowledge related to cancer survivorship. The journal publishes peer-reviewed papers relevant to improving the understanding, prevention, and management of the multiple areas related to cancer survivorship that can affect quality of care, access to care, longevity, and quality of life. It is a forum for research on humans (both laboratory and clinical), clinical studies, systematic and meta-analytic literature reviews, policy studies, and in rare situations case studies as long as they provide a new observation that should be followed up on to improve outcomes related to cancer survivors. Published articles represent a broad range of fields including oncology, primary care, physical medicine and rehabilitation, many other medical and nursing specialties, nursing, health services research, physical and occupational therapy, public health, behavioral medicine, psychology, social work, evidence-based policy, health economics, biobehavioral mechanisms, and qualitative analyses. The journal focuses exclusively on adult cancer survivors, young adult cancer survivors, and childhood cancer survivors who are young adults. Submissions must target those diagnosed with and treated for cancer.
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