Association of major stressors with elevated risk of breast cancer incidence or relapse

Drugs of Today

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-126

  Pant, Shubham ^a   Ramaswamy, Bhuvaneswari ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHRONIC STRESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE EVENT; RISK FACTOR; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 66249096659     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dot.2009.45.2.1322480     Document Type: Article

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