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1. Discussion: Cancer Regulation and Cognitive Treatment
Discussion: Cancer Regulation and Cognitive Treatment ON Discussion: Cancer Regulation
and Cognitive TreatmentCancer Regulation and Cognitive/Behavioral Treatment
InterventionsWith over 100 known types and evidence of it found in Egyptian mummies,
cancer is one of the oldest known cases of autoimmune disease. Cancer emerges as a single
mutated cell that rapidly clones itself. Unimpeded by the immune system’s defense
mechanisms, cancer tumors grow most commonly in the lungs, the liver, and the breast. In
fact, cancer tumor growth has a strong relationship with immune function and stress. That
relationship is more apparent in how some psychosocial factors are common to chronic
stress and pose a risk to cancer development. Psychosocial factors are behavioral, social,
psychological, environmental, and cultural factors that all influence health. With
cognitive/behavioral treatment interventions known to be effective in reducing the stress
factors in that relationship, consider how behavior might have an impact on cell mutation
and cell growth.For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources, including
Chapter 28 and Chapter 30 of the Contrada text from the previous two weeks. Reflect on the
relationships among psychosocial factors, immune factors, and cancer regulation. Next,
select two psychosocial factors and two immune factors involved in cancer regulation. Then
select two cognitive/behavioral interventions that might have potential to be used as
complementary treatments for cancer. Finally, search the Walden Library and select two
articles that the use of those cognitive/behavioral interventions as complementary
treatment for cancer.With these thoughts in mind: Discussion: Cancer Regulation and
Cognitive TreatmentPost by Day 4 a brief description of the two psychosocial factors and
the two immune factors you selected. Next, explain how each is related to cancer regulation.
Finally, explain at least two cognitive/behavioral interventions that might have the
potential to be used as a complementary treatment of cancer. the use of those
cognitive/behavioral interventions in the complementary treatment of cancer with
reference to the articles you selected. Be specific.Be sure to your posts and responses with
specific references to the Learning Resources.READINGSContrada, R. J. (2011). The
handbook of stress science: Biology, psychology, and health. New York, NY: Springer
Publishing Company, LLC.Review Chapter 28, “Stress and the Heart: Psychosocial Stress and
Coronary Heart Disease” (pp. 385–398)Review Chapter 30, “Stress and the Cancers” (pp.
411–423)Chapter 35, “Stress and Chronic Disease Management” (pp. 487–500)Kendall-
Tackett, K. (Ed.). (2010). The psychoneuroimmunology of chronic disease: Exploring the
links between inflammation, stress and illness. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological

2. Association.Chapter 8, “Allostasis: A Model for Women’s Health” (pp. 183–218)Schnurr, P.
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stress. Used by permission of AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (BOOKS) via the
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527.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.Todd, P. B. (2008). The
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M., Gidron, Y., & Ariad, S. (2005). Interleukin-1 may link helplessness-hopelessness with
cancer progression: A proposed model. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 12(3),
161–170.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.Garssen, B., Boomsmaa, M. F., &
Beelen, R. H. J. (2010). Psychological factors in immunomodulation induced by cancer
surgery: A review. In Biological Psychology, 85(1), 1–13.Retrieved from the Walden Library
databases.McCain, N. L., Gray, D. P., Walter, J. M., & Robins, J. (2005). Implementing a
comprehensive approach to the study of health dynamics using the
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332.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.O’Cleirigh, C., Safren, S., (2008).
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297–301.Yarnell, E., & Abascal, K. (2008). Holistic approaches to prostate
cancer. Alternative & Complementary Therapies, 14(4), 164–180.Retrieved from the
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