Psychosocial Therapies for Patients With Cancer: A Current Review of Interventions Using Psychoneuroimmunology-Based Outcome Measures

Conclusions. Several issues related to research methodology are discussed. Most important, studies examining dose–response associations and resource allocation are needed to guide future research. A standardized panel of psychosocial instruments and biomarkers for PNI-based studies would enhance comparability of findings across studies when evaluating this body of research and assist with integrating psychosocial therapies into the standard of cancer care.

Source: Integrative Cancer Therapies - February 19, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Subnis, U. B., Starkweather, A. R., McCain, N. L., Brown, R. F. Tags: Articles Source Type: research