A Community Study of Psychological Distress and Immune Function in Women with Family Histories of Breast Cancer.

Abstract

To date 41 women have been recruited for the experimental study and initial data have been entered. As we have only nineteen women with family histories of breast cancer and 22 women without a family history of breast cancer it would be premature to compare these two groups of women. The preliminary results are therefore presented for the whole sample. The results indicate that acute stressors induce a biphasic response of Natural Killer Cell Activity (NKCA).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA326008

Entities

People

  • Heiddis Valdimarsdottir

Organizations

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavioral Medicine
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Blood
  • Cells
  • Chemistry
  • Data Analysis
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Fish
  • Human Behavior
  • Immune System
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Lymphocytes
  • Neoplasms
  • Nervous System
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Vaccines

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  • Immunology
  • Molecular and genetic basis of cancer.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.