A Possible Relationship between Psychological Factors and Human Cancer

Blumberg, Eugene M.; West, P. M.; Ellis, Frank W.

doi:10.1097/00006842-195407000-00001

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“…Most researchers have focused on individual coping behaviors or thoughts such as disclosure [14], optimism [18], information seeking [19], denial [13], or avoidance [20]. These coping variables have been related to depression and anxiety [1][2][3][4][5], adjustment [6--9], and the intensity of pain experienced [10][11][12]. Researchers have found possible links between coping and survival [13][14][15][16][17].…”

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confidence: 99%

Stage II breast cancer: Differences between four coping patterns in side effects during adjuvant chemotherapy

Shapiro

Boggs

Rodrigue

et al. 1997

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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Stage II breast cancer: Differences between four coping patterns in side effects during adjuvant chemotherapy

Shapiro

Boggs

Rodrigue

et al. 1997

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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“…It was also noted that the leukemic parentis mean scores cor responded to all of the profile characteristics Blumberg (1954) found assoGiatedwith patients with rapidly progressing cancers. High negative F-K scores, D scores of 55 and above, elevated higher than Hs and Hy, and low Ma scores, were revealed by the group means of fathers with leukemic children.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…It has been utilized i.n a number of cancer and per sonality studies, notably thos e of Blumberg (1954), and Moos & Solomon (1965), and thus may furnish some basis for com parison of studies. The prepo.nderance of cancer studies used the MMPI as a measure of the cancer patient's personality character istics.…”

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Psycho-social Aspects of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in Children

Hingley¹,

McKay²

2000

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The purpose of the study was to assess psycho-social differences between two groups. A review of the literature suggested psychologi cal and social factors may affect the onset and progression of malig nant disease. Comparisons were made between a group of 23 experi mental families with a leukemic child, and a group of control families with a normal child matched for child's sex, age, and number of siblings. Data. was gathered on th:ree quantifia'Qle measures; Coddington's Social Readjustment Rating Questionnaire; a spec~ally constructed Child's Questionnaire, and The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.The leukemic children and their matched normal controls had approximately equal numbers, and similar types, of social events that had occurred within their present life span. This suggests that the occurrence of a specific stressful life event is not, in itself, a major precipitating factor in onset of leukemia.The leukemic children and their normal controls were likewise similar in their responses concerning self-reported aggressive be havior and attitudes toward expression of aggressive feelings. This implies that, other than the presence of disease, the-leukemic children respond to specific stimuli in a manner typical of normal children.The parents of the leukemic children however, were differenti ated from the parents of normal children, through the statistical method of stepwise discriminant analysis of MMPI responses. A combination of five variables, for each pair of parents, father's Sc 0 (Si) score, mother's Sc I (Hs) score, and father's Sc 9 (Ma), F scale, and Sc 3 (Hy) scores, had a level of significance. This finding pre sents evidence that parents of leukemic children differ from parents of normal children on personality characteristics assessed by the MMPI. Some possible interpretations of these results, and sugges tions for treatment and additional res earch, were offered. TO THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES:The members of the Committee approve the thesis of

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“…Blum berg et al [3] assessed personality characteristics of patients with rapidly proliferat ing tumors as compared to those with slower growing lesions and noted a sig nificant difference between the two groups. In general, the latter data as well as reviews to date suggest that emotional stress may exert a facilitating influ ence on cancer growth.…”

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Influence of Stress on Lesion Growth and on Survival of Animals Bearing Parenteral and Intracerebral Leukemia L1210 and Walker Tumors

Gershbein¹,

Benuck²,

Shurrager³

1974

Oncology

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Rats with Walker tumor injected intramuscularly in both hind legs and subjected to forced swimming for 15 min daily for 10 days displayed a trend toward decreased lesion size, especially in older intact animals as compared to unexercised intact or bilaterally adrenalectomized controls. Secondary tumor nodules occurred at the lower abdominal or inguinal areas and appeared to be more extensive in the older exercised rats. The survival rates offorced exercised rats bearing Walker tumor cortically did not differ significantly from the respective controls as was also the case with adult BDF₁ mice with intraperitoneal or cortical L1210 tumor and subjected daily to electroshock at 0.25 mA for 15 min.

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A Possible Relationship between Psychological Factors and Human Cancer

Cited by 143 publications

References 12 publications

Stage II breast cancer: Differences between four coping patterns in side effects during adjuvant chemotherapy

Stage II breast cancer: Differences between four coping patterns in side effects during adjuvant chemotherapy

Psycho-social Aspects of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in Children

Influence of Stress on Lesion Growth and on Survival of Animals Bearing Parenteral and Intracerebral Leukemia L1210 and Walker Tumors

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