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Why stress is BAD for cancer patients
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Why stress is BAD for cancer patients

Archana S Nagaraja, Guillermo N Armaiz-Pena, Susan K Lutgendorf and Anil K Sood
The Journal of clinical investigation, Vol.123(2), pp.558-560
02/01/2013
DOI: 10.1172/JCI67887
PMCID: PMC3561841
PMID: 23348736
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https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI67887View
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Abstract

Behavioral stress is known to promote tumor progression in experimental models, but the role of behavioral stress in cancer initiation is less clear. In this issue, Hassan et al. focus on the signaling and biological effects induced by stress hormones that lead to tumor cell evasion from apoptosis, resulting in prostate cancer progression.

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