Internet Support and Information for Women with Breast Cancer

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason E. Owen ◽  
Diane C. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Internet Support

scholarly journals Comparing Standard Versus Prosocial Internet Support Groups for Patients With Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Helper Therapy Principle

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (36) ◽  
pp. 4081-4086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Lepore ◽  
Joanne S. Buzaglo ◽  
Morton A. Lieberman ◽  
Mitch Golant ◽  
Judith R. Greener ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Discussion Board ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Supportive Behaviors ◽  
Internet Support ◽  
Helper Therapy

Purpose Internet support group (ISG) members benefit from receiving social support and, according to the helper therapy principle, by providing support to others. To test the mental health benefits of providing support to others, this trial compared the efficacy of a standard ISG (S-ISG) and an enhanced prosocial ISG (P-ISG). Methods A two-armed randomized controlled trial with 1-month pretest and post-test assessments was conducted with women (N = 184) diagnosed in the past 36 months with nonmetastatic breast cancer who reported elevated anxiety or depression. Women were randomly assigned to either the S-ISG or P-ISG condition. Both conditions included six professionally facilitated live chat sessions (90-minute weekly sessions) and access to an asynchronous discussion board; P-ISG also included structured opportunities to help and encourage others. Results Relative to the S-ISG, participants in the P-ISG condition exhibited more supportive behaviors (emotional, informational, and companionate support), posted more messages that were other-focused and fewer that were self-focused, and expressed less negative emotion (P < .05). Relative to the S-ISG, participants in the P-ISG condition had a higher level of depression and anxiety symptoms after the intervention (P < .05). Conclusion Despite the successful manipulation of supportive behaviors, the P-ISG did not produce better mental health outcomes in distressed survivors of breast cancer relative to an S-ISG. The prosocial manipulation may have inadvertently constrained women from expressing their needs openly, and thus, they may not have had their needs fully met in the group. Helping others may not be beneficial as a treatment for distressed survivors of breast cancer.

Evaluation of an internet support group for women with primary breast cancer

Cancer ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 1164-1173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Winzelberg ◽  
Catherine Classen ◽  
Georg W. Alpers ◽  
Heidi Roberts ◽  
Cheryl Koopman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Primary Breast Cancer ◽  
Internet Support Group ◽  
Internet Support

Virus-Like Particles in a Human Breast Cancer: Structural Similarity to Previously Reported Particles

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 378-379
Author(s):  
G. Kasnic ◽  
S. E. Stewart ◽  
C. Urbanski
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Biological Activity ◽  
Human Breast Cancer ◽  
Osteogenic Sarcoma ◽  
Human Tumor ◽  
Structural Similarity ◽  
Cell Tumor ◽  
Human Breast ◽  
Human Tumor Cell ◽  
Type Particle

We have reported the maturation of an intracisternal A-type particle in murine plasma cell tumor cultures and three human tumor cell cultures (rhabdomyosarcoma, lung adenocarcinoma, and osteogenic sarcoma) after IUDR-DMSO activation. In all of these studies the A-type particle seems to develop into a form with an electron dense nucleoid, presumably mature, which is also intracisternal. A similar intracisternal A-type particle has been described in leukemic guinea pigs. Although no biological activity has yet been demonstrated for these particles, on morphologic grounds, and by the manner in which they develop within the cell, they may represent members of the same family of viruses.

Further Ultrastructural Observations on Metastatic Nodules of Human Breast Cancer

1968 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 224-225
Author(s):  
John L. Swedo ◽  
R. W. Talley ◽  
John H. L. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Human Breast Cancer ◽  
Estrogen Therapy ◽  
Specimen Preparation ◽  
Human Breast ◽  
Autophagic Vacuoles ◽  
Previous Communication ◽  
Linear Profiles ◽  
Metastatic Nodule

Since the report, which described the ultrastructure of a metastatic nodule of human breast cancer after estrogen therapy, additional ultrastructural observations, including some which are correlative with pertinent findings in the literature concerning mycoplasmas, have been recorded concerning the same subject. Specimen preparation was identical to that in.The mitochondria possessed few cristae, and were deteriorated and vacuolated. They often contained particulates and fibrous structures, sometimes arranged in spindle-shaped bundles, Fig. 1. Another apparent aberration was the occurrence, Fig. 2 (arrows) of linear profiles of what seems to be SER, which lie between layers of RER, and are often recognizably continuous with them.It was noted that the structure of the round bodies, interpreted as within autophagic vacuoles in the previous communication, and of vesicular bodies, described morphologically closely resembled those of some mycoplasmas. Specifically, they simulated or reflected the various stages of replication reported for mycoplasmas grown on solid nutrient. Based on this observation, they are referred to here as “mycoplasma-like” structures, in anticipation of confirmatory evidence from investigations now in progress.

The proliferation of breast cancer cells are inhibited by the human intrabody targeting cyclinD1

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. S49-S49
Author(s):  
Lei Wang ◽  
Xun Zhou ◽  
Lihong Zhou ◽  
Yong Chen ◽  
Xun Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Breast Cancer Cells

Study of the mechanism responsible for multidrug resistance in breast cancer MCF-7 cell mediated by 14-3-3σ

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. S47-S47
Author(s):  
Guopei Zheng ◽  
Sisi Yi ◽  
Yafei Li ◽  
Fangren Kong ◽  
Yanhui Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Multidrug Resistance ◽  
Mcf 7
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