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Breast Cancer Therapy
Research on breast cancer therapy described by scientists at Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
February 1st, 2007
Scientists discuss in "Stress sensitivity in metastatic breast cancer: analysis of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function" new findings in breast cancer. "The normal diurnal cortisol cycle has a peak in the morning, decreasing rapidly over the day, with low levels during the night, then rising rapidly again to the morning peak. A pattern of flatter daytime slopes has been associated with more rapid cancer progression in both animals and humans," investigators in the United States report. "We studied the relationship between the daytime slopes and other daytime cortisol responses to both pharmacological and psychosocial challenges of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2007-02-01)
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