FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 345:1767-1768 December 13, 2001 Number 24 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text PDF Purchase this article Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited Related Article by Goodwin, P. J. PubMed Citation

How much does mind matter in the outcome of cancer? The extent to which treatment of the emotional aspects of cancer affects disease progression is ultimately an empirical question. There are those who believe that controlling cancer requires a simple exertion of mind over matter, but that one might cure cancer in the body by vanquishing it in the mind is clearly wishful thinking. Indeed, the popular psychological notion that you get cancer because of some deep emotional need for it has needlessly made many patients with cancer feel guilty.

Others say that the mind has no role at all: . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Carrico, A. W., Antoni, M. H. (2008). Effects of Psychological Interventions on Neuroendocrine Hormone Regulation and Immune Status in HIV-Positive Persons: A Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Psychosom. Med. 70: 575-584 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Nelson, E. L., Wenzel, L. B., Osann, K., Dogan-Ates, A., Chantana, N., Reina-Patton, A., Laust, A. K., Nishimoto, K. P., Chicz-DeMet, A., du Pont, N., Monk, B. J. (2008). Stress, Immunity, and Cervical Cancer: Biobehavioral Outcomes of a Randomized Clinical Trail. Clin. Cancer Res. 14: 2111-2118 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Penson, R. T., Gu, F., Harris, S., Thiel, M. M., Lawton, N., Fuller, A. F. Jr., Lynch, T. J. Jr. (2007). Hope. The Oncologist 12: 1105-1113 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Kuchler, T., Bestmann, B., Rappat, S., Henne-Bruns, D., Wood-Dauphinee, S. (2007). Impact of Psychotherapeutic Support for Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancer Undergoing Surgery: 10-Year Survival Results of a Randomized Trial. JCO 25: 2702-2708 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Chow, E., Tsao, M. N, Harth, T. (2004). Does psychosocial intervention improve survival in cancer? A meta-analysis. Palliat Med 18: 25-31 [Abstract]  
• Schattner, A. (2003). The emotional dimension and the biological paradigm of illness: time for a change. QJM 96: 617-621 [Full Text]  
• Penson, R. T., Benson, R. C., Parles, K., Chabner, B. A., Lynch, T. J. Jr. (2002). Virtual Connections: Internet Health Care. The Oncologist 7: 555-568 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• King, B., Fairfield, B. (2002). Supportive expressive group therapy did not prolong survival in metastatic breast cancer. Evid. Based Nurs. 5: 82-82 [Full Text]  
• Nekhlyudov, L., Yaker, A., Cunningham, A. J., Edmonds, C., Goodwin, P. J., Ennis, M., Leszcz, M. (2002). Group Psychosocial Support in Metastatic Breast Cancer. NEJM 346: 1247-1248 [Full Text]  
• (2002). Support Groups for Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer. JWatch Psychiatry 2002: 12-12 [Full Text]  
• (2002). Support Groups for Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer. JWatch General 2002: 2-2 [Full Text]