ReviewJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2010
Host factors and cancer progression: biobehavioral signaling pathways and interventions.
Review in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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112 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 235 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Positive Psychology Interventions for Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cancer medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions reduce cortisol in breast cancer patients: systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Cognitive behavioral stress management effects on cancer-related distress and neuroendocrine signaling in breast cancer: differential effects by neighborhood disadvantage.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2025Trial
- Preliminary Effects of Mindfulness Training on Inflammatory Markers and Blood Pressure in Young Adult Survivors of Cancer: Secondary Analysis of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Trial
- Effects of brief stress management interventions on distress and leukocyte nuclear factor kappa B expression during primary treatment for breast cancer: A randomized trial.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2021Trial
- Reduced vagal tone in women with endometriosis and auricular vagus nerve stimulation as a potential therapeutic approach.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
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- Effect of a mentor-based, supportive-expressive program, Be Resilient to Breast Cancer, on survival in metastatic breast cancer: a randomised, controlled intervention trial.British journal of cancer · 2017Trial
- A Comprehensive Lifestyle Randomized Clinical Trial: Design and Initial Patient Experience.Integrative cancer therapies · 2017Trial
- Stress management, leukocyte transcriptional changes and breast cancer recurrence in a randomized trial: An exploratory analysis.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2016Trial
- Postsurgical Depressive Symptoms and Proinflammatory Cytokine Elevations in Women Undergoing Primary Treatment for Breast Cancer.Psychosomatic medicine · 2016Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral stress management in breast cancer: survival and recurrence at 11-year follow-up.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2015Trial
- Psychosocial telephone counseling for survivors of cervical cancer: results of a randomized biobehavioral trial.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2015Trial
- The effects of expression: how providing emotional support online improves cancer patients' coping strategies.Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs · 2013Trial
- Cognitive-behavioral stress management reverses anxiety-related leukocyte transcriptional dynamics.Biological psychiatry · 2012Trial
- Association of Postoperative Antidepressant and Anxiolytic Exposure With Overall Survival Following Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2026Article
- Investigating Associations Between Psychological Distress and Changes in Peripheral Blood Monocytes in Patients With CLL/SLL Managed With Active Surveillance.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
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- A study of the associations between social isolation and loneliness with sex-specific cancer risk in the UK Biobank.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Pancreatic cancer: molecular pathogenesis and emerging therapeutic strategies.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026Review
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Abstract
Whereas evidence for the role of psychosocial factors in cancer initiation has been equivocal, support continues to grow for links between psychological factors such as stress, depression, and social isolation and progression of cancer. In vitro, in vivo, and clinical studies show that stress- related processes can impact pathways implicated in cancer progression, including immuno-regulation, angiogenesis, and invasion. Contributions of systemic factors, such as stress hormones to the crosstalk between tumor and stromal cells, appear to be critical in modulating downstream signaling pathways with important implications for disease progression. Inflammatory pathways may also be implicated in fatigue and other factors related to quality of life. Although substantial evidence supports a positive effect of psychosocial interventions on quality of life in cancer, the clinical evidence for efficacy of stress-modulating psychosocial interventions in slowing cancer progression remains inconclusive, and the biobehavioral mechanisms that might explain such effects are still being established. This article reviews research findings to date and outlines future avenues of research in this area.
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