...Fei-Hsiu Hsiao; Guey-Mei Jow; Wen-Hung Kuo; King-Jen Chang; Yu-Fen Liu; Rainbow T.H. Ho; Siu-Man Ng; Cecilia L.W. Chan; Yu-Ming Lai; Yu-Ting Chen Background: Neuroendocrine dysregulation influenced by psychosocial stress is related to breast cancer recurrence. Very few studies examine the impacts...

..., attending two breast-screening centers in Athens. The relative risk of breast cancer between women with low denigratory attitudes towards others and women with high scores in this scale was 2.31. Statistically significant relations were not noted between the mean scores of alexithymia factors and breast...

... give a possible convincing background. Method: We recently observed the case of a 45-year-old woman who developed symptoms of breast cancer (ductal infiltrating carcinoma, T1, N1, M0) 3 years after the loss of her only child. The affection for the child compensated inadequacies of her marriage, which...

...Tullio Giraldi; Maria Grazia Rodani; Giuseppe Cartei; Luigi Grassi Background: Over the last 20 years contradictory results have been obtained as regards to the role of psychosocial factors in favouring the onset of breast cancer and/or in influencing disease progression. Methods: The present study...

...Petra J. Vos; Bert Garssen; Adriaan P. Visser; Hugo J. Duivenvoorden; Hanneke C.J.M. de Haes Background: Despite improvements in the medical treatment of breast cancer, resulting in better prognoses, women diagnosed with the illness often experience psychosocial problems. As a result, many...

.... This study attempts to identify those coping strategies that distinguish breast cancer patients from non-malignant controls. Methods: A sample of 180 breast cancer patients was assessed on how it coped with health threats. The control group was composed of 268 women who were diagnosed as having either...

..., it is important to review animal and epidemiologic studies that have evaluated the association between antidepressant medication use and the risk of breast cancer. Methods: This paper reviews the scientific literature pertaining to the prevalence of and indications for antidepressant medication use...

... predictors of survival. Conclusions: A low prebiopsy psychopathology score in IBC is a predictor of early recurrence and short survival. Psychopathology Breast cancer Prognostic factors Outcome © 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel 2002 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights...

... experiment, we explored the effect of a 13-week experiential-existential group psychotherapy (EEGP) program on the reactivity to a speech task in breast cancer patients. We explored whether changes in cardiovascular and immune reactivity to a speech task over the 3-month period correlated with changes...