单选题 .  Once the hard decisions have been made about how to treat a patient's cancer, doctors face an even more difficult question: how do you help patients deal with the side effects of treatment?
    The issue is a challenge for physicians because, unlike with cancer therapies, there are few scientific studies on the most effective ways to handle the side effects—including common symptoms such as poor sleep or fatigue. But addressing these seemingly common complications (并发症) is crucial for helping patients maintain their regular lifestyle, which in turn may even encourage the success of their cancer treatment.
    That's why Dr. Karen Mustian of the University of Rochester Medical Center decided to put a favorite practice of cancer survivors—yoga—to the test. In a paper she will present at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (肿瘤学) (ASCO) annual meeting in June, Mustian designed a standardized program based on hatha yoga—a slow-moving form of the discipline—and tested its effect on improving the quality of life for cancer survivors.
    Called YOCAS, the four-week program involved sessions of hatha yoga twice a week for 75 minutes each, in combination with breathing exercises and meditation (冥想). Among the 410 participants, who were divided into yoga and traditional follow-up care groups, those practicing yoga recorded nearly double the improvement in sleep quality and reduction of fatigue compared to those not practicing yoga. They also reported better quality of life overall, Mustian says.
    For cancer physicians, the findings will be a welcome addition to their discussions with patients. "Many patients ask about complementary (互补的) therapies, whether they are exercise or meditation or yoga," says Dr. Douglas Blayney, medical director of the comprehensive cancer center at University of Michigan and president of ASCO. "I often don't know what to tell them because there isn't a lot of science on these complementary therapies. Here is a scientific study showing benefit, so at least we can have some assurance in telling women that here is a yoga program, here are its characteristics and it has been shown to have beneficial effects on sleep and quality of life."1.  What bothers the cancer physicians after determining the treatment plan? ______
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 第1段。
   题干中的after determining the treatment plan对应该段中的Once the hard decisions have been made，本题要求找出困扰医生们的问题，文中face an even more difficult question提示答案在冒号后的内容中，即如何处理治疗过程中带来的副作用，选B。
   本题干扰性最大的是A。文章的重点是如何有效地处理副作用，而非“预防副作用的出现”，从原文内容来看，副作用是治疗中不可避免的，因此A不正确。
[参考译文] 医生一旦艰难地为癌症患者确定了治疗方案，就会面对一个更加棘手的问题：如何帮助患者应对因治疗而产生的副作用?
   对医生来说，这是个挑战，因为与有关癌症疗法的研究不同，关于如何最有效地控制副作用的研究很少。常见的副作用包括睡眠不佳或疲乏。而解决这些看似平常的并发症非常重要，它能帮助患者维持正常的生活，继而甚至能够增大癌症治愈的成功率。
   因此，罗彻斯特医疗中心大学的凯伦·马斯蒂安博士决定测试癌症幸存者最喜爱的活动——瑜伽的功效。马斯蒂安依据哈萨瑜伽——一种缓慢运动的训练形式——设计了一套标准程序，并测试其在改善癌症幸存者生活质量上的效果。此项研究将于6月份召开的美国临床肿瘤学会(ASCO)年会上发布。
   这个为期四周的程序被称为“YOCAS”，其中包括每周两次、每次75分钟的哈萨瑜伽练习，并辅以呼吸运动和冥想。参与实验测试的410名癌症患者被分成两组，一组参加瑜伽训练，另一组接受传统的后续护理。结果显示，前者睡眠质量的改善程度几乎是后者的两倍，疲乏症状也大大减轻。马斯蒂安说，他们还报告说生活质量也总体得到了改善。
   这个研究结果将受到癌症医师的欢迎，这为他们增加了与患者讨论的话题。“许多患者询问辅助疗法是运动、冥想还是瑜伽。”密歇根大学综合癌症中心医疗主任兼ASCO会长道格拉斯·布雷尼博士说，“我常常不知道该如何回答他们，因为这些辅助疗法没有多少科学根据。现在，科学研究显示了瑜伽的益处，我们至少可以很确定地告诉女患者，有一个瑜伽计划，它有这些犍点，经证明它能提高睡眠和生活质量。”