Breast cancer patients have improved immune and neuroendocrine functions following massage therapy

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-52

  Hernandez Reif, Maria ^a   Ironson, Gail ^a   Field, Tiffany ^a   Hurley, Judith ^a   Katz, Galia ^a   Diego, Miguel ^a   Weiss, Sharlene ^b   Fletcher, Mary Ann ^a   Schanberg, Saul ^c   Kuhn, Cynthia ^c   Burman, Iris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Educating Hands   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Depression; Massage therapy; Natural killer cell number; Serotonin; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; HORMONE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; LYMPHOCYTE; MASSAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RANDOMIZATION;

AFFECT; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CATECHOLAMINES; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEROTONIN;

EID: 3142634518     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00500-2     Document Type: Article

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