Abstract

Women with family histories of cancer have lowered natural killer cell activity which could be due to psychological distress. Little is known about the effects of stress on psychophysiological and immunological functioning in these women. The goal of this study is to investigate psychological and biological reactions to exposure to cues associated with the threat of breast cancer, which may provide a laboratory model of the stress effects associated with a family history of breast cancer. Progress report and summary of findings: During this initial phase of research, data has been collected on the psychological and biological consequences of both chronic and acute stressors in women with and without family histories of breast cancer. Patients continue to be recruited.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
Project #
5M01RR000047-39
Application #
6114033
Study Section
Project Start
1998-12-01
Project End
1999-11-30
Budget Start
1998-10-01
Budget End
1999-09-30
Support Year
39
Fiscal Year
1999
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Department
Type
DUNS #
201373169
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10065

  Publications

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De Marco, Marina; Gerdts, Eva; Mancusi, Costantino et al. (2017) Influence of Left Ventricular Stroke Volume on Incident Heart Failure in a Population With Preserved Ejection Fraction (from the Strong Heart Study). Am J Cardiol 119:1047-1052
Schachterle, William; Badwe, Chaitanya R; Palikuqi, Brisa et al. (2017) Sox17 drives functional engraftment of endothelium converted from non-vascular cells. Nat Commun 8:13963
Haring, Bernhard; Wang, Wenyu; Fretts, Amanda et al. (2017) Red meat consumption and cardiovascular target organ damage (from the Strong Heart Study). J Hypertens 35:1794-1800
Beheshtian, Azadeh; Shitole, Sanyog G; Segal, Alan Z et al. (2016) Lipoprotein (a) level, apolipoprotein (a) size, and risk of unexplained ischemic stroke in young and middle-aged adults. Atherosclerosis 253:47-53
Leung, Vivien; Chiu, Ya-Lin; Kotler, Donald P et al. (2016) Effect of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone and Rosiglitazone for HIV-Associated Abdominal Fat Accumulation on Adiponectin and other Markers of Inflammation. HIV Clin Trials 17:55-62
de Simone, Giovanni; Roman, Mary J; De Marco, Marina et al. (2015) Hemodynamic Correlates of Abnormal Aortic Root Dimension in an Adult Population: The Strong Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc 4:e002309
Bhatia, Rajeev; Lesser, Daniel J; Oliveira, Flavia G S A et al. (2015) Body Fat Composition: A Predictive Factor for Sleep Related Breathing Disorder in Obese Children. J Clin Sleep Med 11:1039-45
Ocean, Allyson J; Christos, Paul; Sparano, Joseph A et al. (2014) Phase II trial of bortezomib alone or in combination with irinotecan in patients with adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction or stomach. Invest New Drugs 32:542-8

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