Stress spectrum disorders in oncology

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 378-385

  Desaive, Patrick ^a   Ronson, Alain ^a  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Glucocorticoids; Neuroanatomic plasticity; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CYTOCHROME P450 2D6; ESCITALOPRAM; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; TAMOXIFEN; VENLAFAXINE;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATECHOLAMINE METABOLISM; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFLICT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOM; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 47249133438     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e328302166a     Document Type: Review

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