Background. Epidemiological evidence continues to accumulate on the effect of
psychosocial and behavioral factors in relation to cancer risk, progression, and mortality …

A substantial body of research has investigated the associations between stress-related
psychosocial factors and cancer outcomes. Previous narrative reviews have been …

Objective Breast cancer is the world's leading cause of cancer mortality in women. Stress is
an imminent risk factor with a documented negative impact on neuro-endocrine and immune …

Stress is a state of disrupted homeostasis, triggered by intrinsic or extrinsic factors, the
stressors, which are counteracted by various physiological and behavioural adaptive …

The influence of psychosocial factors on the development and progression of cancer has
been a longstanding hypothesis since ancient times. In fact, epidemiological and clinical …

A vast body of research has been carried out to examine the relationship between
psychological stress and the risk of breast cancer. Previous reviews on this issue have …

Purpose Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women with high rate of mortality.
This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the relation between …

Breast cancer is a common cancer among American women. The diagnosis, treatment, and
the challenges of survivorship all have potential to increase women's levels of distress to …

Background Women diagnosed with breast cancer frequently attribute their cancer to
psychological stress, but scientific evidence is inconclusive. We investigated whether …

Epidemiological studies indicate that stress, chronic depression and lack of social support
might serve as risk factors for cancer development and progression. Recent cellular and …