Posttraumatic growth and diurnal cortisol slope among women with metastatic breast cancer

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-87

  Diaz, Michael ^a   Aldridge Gerry, Arianna ^b   Spiegel, David ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diurnal cortisol; Endocrine function; Posttraumatic growth

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899542562     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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