Psychological factors in the outcome of human cancer

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

“…Derogatis et al [14] found that women with metastatic breast cancer who expressed more distress and dysphoria tended to live longer than less expressive peers. Others have observed that the qualities of acquiescence and politeness are usually seen in those patients who do poorly during treatment [17,59]. Recently, immunological studies have focused on the relationship of disclosure to immune function.…”

“…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].…”

Psychological Characteristics of Breast Cancer Patients

“…In a study involving women suffering from meta static breast cancer, Derogatis et al [1979] found that survival was related to poor psy chological adjustment to the illness; such pa tients were generally anxious, hostile, nega tive in their moods, and high on psychoticism. Finally, Stavraky et al [ 1968] observed that patients who responded favourably were likely to be more hostile than those who responded unfavourably to treatment, the latter group appearing well-adjusted, and characterised by suppression of affect. Blumberg et al [1954] examined the per sonality attributes of 'slow'-and 'fast'-growing tumour groups, using the MMPI.…”

A sequential cell kinetic study of meningioma cells in primary explant culture using bromodeoxyuridine

“…It is likely to be the resultant of a complex interaction amongst various factors of inherent proliferative potential of the tumor itself, loss of anti-tumor-progression/regression factor(s) operative in the host environment, culture constraints and perhaps even culture conducive factor (s) present in the fetal calf serum which is a rather undefined portion of the culture medium. The precise role of host factors is more difficult to define since the complex tumor-host relationship is not yet well understood [26][27][28][29][30].…”