The psychoimmunology of cancer:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2002
Edition:2nd ed
Series:Oxford medical publications
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
Machine generated contents note: PART I PSYCHOLOGY, IMMUNITY, AND CANCER: -- THE BIOLOGICAL LINKS -- 1 Psychoimmunology today: mechanisms mediating the effects of -- psychological status on the immune system 3 -- D.L. Bellinger, S. ThyagaRajan, D. Lorton, K.S. Madden, -- L. Tran, and D.L. Felten -- 2 Anti-cancer mechanisms involving the immune system 100 -- P.W. Szlosarek and A.G. Dalgleish -- PART I THE CLINICAL CONTEXT: STUDIES AND SPECULATIONS -- ON HUMAN CANCER -- 3 The role of psychological factors in cancer onset and progression: -- a critical appraisal 149 -- J.L. Levenson and K. McDonald -- 4 Psychospiritual healing and the immune system in cancer 164 -- R.J. Booth -- 5 Can psychosocial interventions extend survival? A critical -- evaluation of clinical trials of group and individual therapies 182 -- K. Calde, C. Classen, and D. Spiegel -- 6 Psychological factors and cancer progression: involvement of -- neuroimmune pathways and future directions for laboratory -- research 209 -- B. Garssen and K. Goodkin -- 7 Psychological factors and cancer progression: involvement -- of behavioural pathways 235 -- J. Anderson and L.G. Walker -- 8 The state of the art: clinical implications for cancer patients -- and directions for future research 258 -- A.J. Cunningham
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 274 pages)
ISBN:1423701070
9781423701071

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