The spouse of a patient recently diagnosed with cancer asks, "What do you think about the relationship of stress and the development of cancer? My spouse has been under a huge amount of stress at work, and now they've diagnosed cancer."
The answer that best reflects the current thinking about psychoneuroimmunology is: a. "It's thought that the immune system is negatively affected by high stress.".
b. "The research hasn't been focused directly on the link between cancer and stress.".
c. "Your spouse's situation may reflect a coincidence. There is little concrete evidence that stress makes one prone to physical illness.".
d. "Grief and depression are known to cause physical illness, but other types of stress have not been implicated as illness producers.".
A
Natural killer cells, which are believed to play a role in tumor surveillance and the control of viral infections, seem to decrease with increasing levels of stress.
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