Group Interventions for Patients with Cancer and HIV Disease: Part II. Effects on Immune, Endocrine, and Disease Outcomes at Different Phases of Illness

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-233

  Sherman, Allen C ^a,h   Leszcz, Molyn ^b   Mosier, Julie ^c   Burlingame, Gary M ^d   Cleary, Trish ^e   Ulman, Kathleen Hubbs ^f,g   Simonton, Stephanie ^a   Latif, Umaira ^h   Strauss, Bernhard ⁱ   Hazelton, Lara ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Harvard Medical School ^*

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁱ JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^j DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANTIGENS, CD4; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 12144287741     PISSN: 00207284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/ijgp.54.2.203.40390     Document Type: Review

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