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Neuroendocrine influences on cancer progression
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Neuroendocrine influences on cancer progression

Guillermo N Armaiz-Pena, Steve W Cole, Susan K Lutgendorf and Anil K Sood
Brain, behavior, and immunity, Vol.30(Suppl), pp.S19-S25
03/15/2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.06.005
PMCID: PMC3467346
PMID: 22728325

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Abstract

► The role of neuroendocrine factors in cancer initiation remains poorly understood and primed for further investigation. ► Neuroendocrine stress mediators can modulate key cellular and molecular processes that lead to cancer progression. ► Psychosocial interventions and pharmacological approaches hold promise as potential adjuvant therapy for cancer patients. During the past decade, new studies have continued to shed light on the role of neuroendocrine regulation of downstream physiological and biological pathways relevant to cancer growth and progression. More specifically, our knowledge of the effects of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) on cancer biology has been greatly expanded by new data demonstrating how the cellular immune response, inflammatory processes, tumor-associated angiogenesis, and tumor cell invasion and survival converge to promote tumor growth. This review will summarize these studies, while synthesizing clinical, cellular and molecular research that has continued to unearth the biological events mediating the interplay between SNS-related processes and cancer progression.
Catecholamines Metastasis Behavioral stress Adrenergic receptors Cancer

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