MedPage Today
Cancer experts are wary of a new study that links psychosocial
interventions with improved survival in breast cancer.
The study, published in Clinical Cancer Research, found a
59% reduced risk of dying from recurrent breast cancer among women
involved in such interventions.
But researchers warn that the study was small, and touts
questionable effects on the immune system.
"I'm concerned because I think it's really misleading to breast
cancer patients," said James Coyne, PhD, professor of psychiatry at the
University of Pennsylvania and co-leader of the Abramson Cancer Center
Cancer Control and Outcomes program, who was not involved in the study... read more
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