Anger suppression mediates the relationship between optimism and natural killer cell cytotoxicity in men treated for localized prostate cancer

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 423-427

  Penedo, Frank J ^a,b,c   Dahn, Jason R ^a,c   Kinsinger, Dave ^a   Antoni, Michael H ^a,b,c   Molton, Ivan ^a   Gonzalez, Jeffrey S ^a   Fletcher, Mary Anne ^a,d   Roos, Bernard ^c,d   Carver, Charles S ^a,b   Schneiderman, Neil ^a,c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Anger suppression; Depression; Natural killer cell cytotoxicity; Optimism; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OPTIMISM; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VENOUS BLOOD;

AGED; ANGER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645850691     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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