Spiritual expression and immune status in women with metastatic breast cancer: An exploratory study

Breast Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 345-353

  Sephton, Sandra E ^a   Koopman, Cheryl ^b   Schaal, Michael ^b   Thoresen, Carl ^b   Spiegel, David ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Immunity; Lymphocyte counts; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; RELIGION; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 0035181158     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2001.20014.x     Document Type: Article

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