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ReviewBreast disease2024

Massage on the prevention of breast cancer through stress reduction and enhancing immune system.

Zilhana Siregar, Andi Nilawati Usman, Mardiana Ahmad, Andi Ariyandy, Ilhamuddin Ilhamuddin, A B Takko

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Review in Breast disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Zilhana SiregarMidiwfery Study Program, Graduate School, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
Andi Nilawati UsmanMidiwfery Study Program, Graduate School, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
Mardiana AhmadMidiwfery Study Program, Graduate School, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
Andi AriyandyMidiwfery Study Program, Graduate School, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
Ilhamuddin IlhamuddinMidiwfery Study Program, Graduate School, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
A B TakkoMidiwfery Study Program, Graduate School, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionHousewives are a population at high risk of breast cancer due to repeated or chronic exposure to stress. Prevention in a simple yet evidence-based manner is needed.

methodsThis study is a narrative review of the potential of massage as breast cancer prevention through stress and immune system mechanisms.

resultsMassage is able to prevent chronic stress through improved sleep and fatigue and lower stress levels. Prevention of chronic stress will maximize the function of cells that eliminate cancer cells, such as B cells, T cells, and natural killer (NK) cells, and improve the balance of Foxp3 Tregulator cells. Partnered delivery massage will bring effective benefits for stress reduction.

conclusionsMassage can provide indirect prevention of breast cancer, and partnered delivery massage can be a good choice to reduce stress.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsMassageStress, PsychologicalFemaleHumansImmune SystemKiller Cells, NaturalbreastcancerimmuneMassagestress

Identifiers

PMID38758989
PMCPMC11191541

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