During treatment for cancer, children and adolescents experience distressing symptoms that may persist after treatment is completed. Researchers have found that childhood cancer survivors, who are now adults, have a higher occurrence of fatigue and sleep problems than their healthy siblings. We also know that some types of chemotherapy cause patients to have difficulties with balance that continue years after treatment. It is important to address these symptoms to improve the survivor's quality of life and to give them the energy and skills needed for their ongoing development.

Yoga is a disciplined practice of breathing, postures or poses, and meditation. Recently, some adult cancer researchers found that a yoga course helped relieve fatigue and sleep problems in adults who had recently completed cancer treatment. In this study, we want to evaluate if a six-week yoga course, helps children and teens that finished their cancer treatment in the past two months to two years. We will measure fatigue, balance, sleep, and stress before the course begins and at the end of the course. We will compare these outcomes to a group of patients who didn't have the yoga course.

The results of this study will help us learn new ways to engage child and adolescent cancer survivors in activities to improve their health. We will share the outcomes of the study with other health professionals as well as share how we developed the yoga course and how it can be replicated at other cancer centers.