/ edited by C.E. Lewis, R.M. O'Brien, and J. Barraclough
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
2nd ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Oxford ;New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 274 p.
Other Physical Details
: ill. ; 24 cm.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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e
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Machine generated contents note: PART I PSYCHOLOGY, IMMUNITY, AND CANCER: -- THE BIOLOGICAL LINKS -- 1 Psychoimmunology today: mechanisms mediating the effects of -- psychological status on the immune system 3 -- D. L. Bellinger, S. ThyagaRajan, D. Lorton, K. S. Madden, -- L. Tran, and D. L. Felten -- 2 Anti-cancer mechanisms involving the immune system 100 -- P. W. Szlosarek and A. G. Dalgleish -- PART I THE CLINICAL CONTEXT: STUDIES AND SPECULATIONS -- ON HUMAN CANCER -- 3 The role of psychological factors in cancer onset and progression: -- a critical appraisal 149 -- J. L. Levenson and K. McDonald -- 4 Psychospiritual healing and the immune system in cancer 164 -- R. J. Booth -- 5 Can psychosocial interventions extend survival? A critical -- evaluation of clinical trials of group and individual therapies 182 -- K. Calde, C. Classen, and D. Spiegel -- 6 Psychological factors and cancer progression: involvement of -- neuroimmune pathways and future directions for laboratory -- research 209 -- B. Garssen and K. Goodkin -- 7 Psychological factors and cancer progression: involvement -- of behavioural pathways 235 -- J. Anderson and L. G. Walker -- 8 The state of the art: clinical implications for cancer patients -- and directions for future research 258 -- A. J. Cunningham.