Article: Learning to ease the pain of cancer ; Cancer patients in East Yorkshire are taking part in a study to see how learning to relax can help their treatment.

Cancer patients in East Yorkshire are taking part in a study to see how learning to relax can help their treatment.

More than 150 patients will take part in the three-year pounds50,000 research at the new oncology health centre at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham.

One group of patients will learn relaxation techniques using recorded instructions on tapes or CDs at home, while the other group will take part in relaxation training sessions with a nurse at the oncology health centre.

The findings will be published in a medical journal, which will be accessed across the world.

Professor Leslie Walker, who is leading the study, said: "This study has never been done before.

"We are comparing ...

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