Health Psychology: A Biopsychosocial Approach
Further Reading
Arends, J., Bachmann, P., Baracos, V., Barthelemy, N., Bertz, H., Bozzetti, F., Fearon, K., Hütterer, E., Isenring, E., Kaasa, S., Krznaric, Z., Laird, B., Larsson, M., Laviano, A., Mühlebach, S., Muscaritoli, M., Oldervoll, L., Ravasco, P., Solheim, T., & Preiser, J.-C. (2017). ESPEN guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients. Clinical Nutrition, 36, 11–48.
Chida, Y., Hamer, M., Wardle, J., & Steptoe, A. (2008). Do stress-related psychosocial factors contribute to cancer incidence and survival? Nature Clinical Practice Oncology, 5, 466–475.
Chik, F., Szyf, M., & Rabbani, S. A. (2011). Role of epigenetics in cancer initiation and progression. Advances in Experimental Medicine & Biology, 720, 91–104.
Dunn, G. P., Old, L. J., & Schreiber, R. D. (2004). The three Es of cancer immunoediting. Annual Review of Immunology, 22, 329–360.
Havel, J. J., Chowell, D., & Chan, T. A. (2019). The evolving landscape of biomarkers for checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy. Nature Reviews in Cancer, 19, 133–150.
Mukherjee, S. (2010). The emperor of All Maladies: A biography of cancer. Scribner.
PDQ Supportive and Palliative Care Editorial Board. (2020). Grief, Bereavement, and Coping With Loss (PDQ®): Health Professional Version. PDQ Cancer Information Summaries Bethesda (MD): National Cancer Institute (US); 2002-2017.
Sahin, U., & Türeci, Ö. (2018). Personalized vaccines for cancer immunotherapy. Science, 359, 1355–1360.
Stafford, P., Cichacz, Z., Woodbury, N. W., & Johnston, S. A. (2014). Immunosignature system for diagnosis of cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, E3072–E3080.
Subnis, U. B., Starkweather, A. R., McCain, N. L., & Brown, R. F. (2014). Psychosocial therapies for patients with cancer: A current review of interventions using psychoneuroimmunology-based outcome measures. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 13, 85–104.
A cancer website. The National Cancer Institute has set up a very informative web site to explain about various types of cancer and their treatments. This ought to be a first stop for anyone interested in the topic. Explore this site for a bit and you’ll find it very informative in relation to different types of cancer and various treatments. http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/what-is-cancer
A catalogue of potential carcinogens. The CDC has provided a lengthy list of chemical agents that may be encountered in the workplace which can act as carcinogens. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/cancer/npotocca.html.