Open AccessChronic Unpredictable Mild Stress Accelerates the Growth of Bladder Cancer in a Xenograft Mouse Model
Author(s) -
Qing Zhou,
Weihong Ding,
Zhiyu Qian,
Guangliang Jiang,
Chuanyu Sun,
Ke Xu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychology research and behavior management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1179-1578
DOI - 10.2147/prbm.s288983
Subject(s) - bladder cancer , medicine , cancer , cancer research , urology , oncology
Chronic psychological stress is common in patients with bladder cancer. An increasing number of evidence demonstrated that psychiatric disorder leads to worse prognostic outcomes in bladder cancer. This study was to investigate the effects of chronic psychological stress on the growth of bladder cancer and its potential mechanisms.