Research Catalog

Title

The psychoimmunology of cancer : mind and body in the fight for survival? / edited by C.E. Lewis, C. O'Sullivan, and J. Barraclough.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Barraclough, Jennifer.
• Lewis, Claire E.
• O'Sullivan, C.

Description

xi, 440 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Cancer > Immunological aspects
• Cancer > Psychological aspects
• Mind and body
• Neoplasms > immunology
• Neoplasms > psychology
• Psychoneuroimmunology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Psychoneuroimmunology today: current concepts and relevance to human disease / M. Biondi and G. D. Kotzalidis -- 2. Neural and endocrine links between the brain and the immune system / D. L. Bellinger, K. S. Madden, S. Y. Felten and D. L. Felten -- 3. Control logic, nutrition of cells, and mechanisms in psychoimmunology / E. A. Newsholme and M. Holden -- 4. Psychotherapy, stress, and survival in breast cancer / C. Classen, K. S. Hermanson and D. Spiegel -- 5. Synergistic interaction between psychosocial and physical factors in the causation of lung cancer / H. J. Eysenck -- 6. Unconventional therapies in cancer care / T. A. B. Sheard -- 7. Life events and the outcome of breast cancer / J. Barraclough -- 8. Does psychological status influence cancer patient survival? A case still in need of evidence / J. L. Richardson, H. Landrine and G. Marks -- 9. The role of psychological factors in cancer onset and progression: a critical appraisal / J. L. Levensen, C. Bemis and B. A. Presberg.
• 10. Anti-tumour immune mechanisms / B. Souberbielle and A. Dalgleish -- 11. Short-term psychiatric intervention for patients with malignant melanoma: effects on psychological state, coping, and the immune system / F. I. Fawzy, N. W. Fawzy and C. S. Hyun -- 12. Correlation of psychological, endocrine, and immune parameters in cancer patients: the WITTEN study / K. S. Zanker -- 13. The effects of psychological intervention on cortisol levels and leukocyte numbers in the peripheral blood or breast cancer patents / M. Schedlowski, U. Tewes and H.-J. Schmoll -- 14. Immunological responses to self-regulation training in stage 1 breast cancer patients / S. P. Hersh and J. F. Kunz -- 15. Modulation of anti-tumor immunity by enkephalins / N. P. Plotnikoff and R. E. Faith -- 16. Tumour cell strategies for escaping immune control: implications for psychoimmunotherapy / S. Somers and P. J. Guillou.
• 17. Psychoneuroimmunology: a critical analysis of the implications for oncology in the twenty-first century / D. H. Bovbjerg.

ISBN

0192623656 (hb) :

LCCN

94008027

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries