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A review on cancer--psychospiritual
status interactions
Lissoni P, Cangemi P, Pirato D, Roselli MG, Rovelli F,
Brivio F, Malugani F, Maestroni GJ, Conti A, Laudon M, Malysheva O, Giani L
Divisione di Radioterapia Oncologica, San
Gerardo Hospita1, 20052 Monza (Milan), Italy
With the
advances in the knowledge of neuroimmunomodulation, a new era of investigations
about the chemical basis of the state of mind has been initiated.
Both emotions and states of spiritual consciousness may influence immune
functions and cancer growth.
Stress, anxiety and depressive states are associated with immunosuppression and
enhanced frequency of tumors.
On the other hand, the states of sexual pleasure and spiritual joy enhance the
immune efficacy, by counteracting tumor onset and dissemination.
The biochemistry of pleasure and immunostimulation is mainly mediated by pineal
indoles and cannabinergic substances, whereas that of stress, anxiety and
depression is associated with enhanced production of adrenal steroids, opioids
and catecholamines.
The sexual repression would allow a progressive immunosuppression through a
profound damage in the biochemistry of pleasure.
Therefore, a better definition of psychospiritual status-associated
neuroimmunochemistry could allow us to improve the immune dysfunction by acting
on the same neuroendocrine secretions which are involved in mediating the
psychic influence on the immunity, including that against cancer.
PMID:
11449195 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11449195&dopt=Abstract
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