The notion that stress and cancer are interlinked has dominated lay discourse for decades.
More recent animal studies indicate that stress can substantially facilitate cancer …

Historically, cancer research and therapy have focused on malignant cells and their tumor
microenvironment. However, the vascular, lymphatic and nervous systems establish long …

A growing body of evidence indicates that patients with cancer who receive cytotoxic
treatments (such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy) have an increased risk of accelerated …

Advances in the understanding of psychoneuroimmunology in the past decade have
emphasized the notion that stress and cancer are interlinked closely. Durable chronic stress …

The development and progression of cancer depends on both tumor micro-and
macroenvironments. In addition, psychosocial and spiritual “environments” might also affect …

Introduction The stressful pre-operative period exerts a profound impact on psychological,
physiological and immunological outcomes. Oncological surgeries, in particular, elicit …

Neuroimmune communication plays a crucial role in maintaining homeostasis and promptly
responding to any foreign insults. Sympathetic nerve fibres are innervated into all the …

Background EMT is an important biological process in the mechanism of tumor invasion and
metastasis. However, there are still many unknowns about the specific mechanism of EMT in …

The relationship between psychosocial factors and cancer has intrigued people for
centuries. In the last several decades there has been an expansion of mechanistic research …

Purpose The sympathetic nervous system drives breast cancer progression through β-
adrenergic receptor signalling. This discovery has led to the consideration of cardiac β …