Care of the caregiver: Stress and dysregulation of inflammatory control in cancer caregivers

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2894-2895

  Lutgendorf, Susan K ^a   Laudenslager, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXHAUSTION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TELOMERE; WELLBEING; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; NOTE; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CAREGIVERS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67649986461     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.1523     Document Type: Editorial

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