附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: PART I PSYCHOLOGY, IMMUNITY, AND CANCER: -- THE BIOLOGICAL LINKS -- 1 Psychoimmunology today: mechanisms mediating the effects of -- psychological status on the immune system 3 -- D.L. Bellinger, S. ThyagaRajan, D. Lorton, K.S. Madden, -- L. Tran, and D.L. Felten -- 2 Anti-cancer mechanisms involving the immune system 100 -- P.W. Szlosarek and A.G. Dalgleish -- PART I THE CLINICAL CONTEXT: STUDIES AND SPECULATIONS -- ON HUMAN CANCER -- 3 The role of psychological factors in cancer onset and progression: -- a critical appraisal 149 -- J.L. Levenson and K. McDonald -- 4 Psychospiritual healing and the immune system in cancer 164 -- R.J. Booth -- 5 Can psychosocial interventions extend survival? A critical -- evaluation of clinical trials of group and individual therapies 182 -- K. Calde, C. Classen, and D. Spiegel -- 6 Psychological factors and cancer progression: involvement of -- neuroimmune pathways and future directions for laboratory -- research 209 -- B. Garssen and K. Goodkin -- 7 Psychological factors and cancer progression: involvement -- of behavioural pathways 235 -- J. Anderson and L.G. Walker -- 8 The state of the art: clinical implications for cancer patients -- and directions for future research 258 -- A.J. Cunningham.