Relationship between cancer and psychology: an updated history

C.M. Conti, D. Angelucci, M. Ferri, G. Maccauro, A. Caraffa, R. Doyle, M. Fulcheri, E. Cianchetti

Article ID: 6231
Vol 25, Issue 3, 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/jbrha6231
Received: 9 October 2011; Accepted: 9 October 2011; Available online: 9 October 2011; Issue release: 9 October 2011

Abstract

The mechanism and formation of cancer have always been topics of interest for scientists, even for doctors in ancient times. Nowadays a great role for cancer is played by psychological stress which promotes relevant changes in neuronal activity and gene regulations across the different brain areas. It has been reported by many authors that stress can have an important role in the immune system and may be relevant in the formation of cancer. Our observations, in accordance with other research studies, confirm the importance of the influence of depression, linked to neuroendocrine stress, on the enhancement of cancer pathogenesis by inhibiting anti-tumor immune responses. In this article we review the past and present history of the relationship between cancer and psychology


Keywords

oral inflammation;periodontitis;systemic diseases


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