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Cancer, Stress, and Death

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  • © 1979

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Editors:
  1. Jean Taché

    1. International Institute of Stress, Pointe-Claire, Canada

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  2. Hans Selye

    1. International Institute of Stress, Montreal, Canada

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  3. Stacey B. Day

    1. Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, USA

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Part of the book series: Sloan-Kettering Institute cancer series (SKICS)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction: Stress as a Cause of Disease

    • Jean Taché
    Pages 1-10

  3. Stress, Cancer, and the Mind

    • Hans Selye
    Pages 11-19

  4. The Possible Effects of Emotional Stress on Cancer Mediated through the Immune System

    • Martin G. Lewis, Terence M. Phillips
    Pages 21-27

  5. Stress, Hormone Responses, and Cancer

    • G. M. Brown, J. Seggie, P. Ettigi
    Pages 29-39

  6. The Biological Axis of Senescence, Stress, and Aging as Construct for Cancer, Disease, and Death

    • Stacey B. Day, O. Garzon Duhov
    Pages 41-56

  7. Advanced Malignant Disease and the Person Under Stress

    • Balfour Mount
    Pages 57-69

  8. The Homeostatic Significance of the Death-Life Cycle Dynamics in Mental Functions

    • Wolfgang Luthe
    Pages 71-73

  9. The Cancer Patient as Educator and Counselor

    • Barbara G. Cox
    Pages 75-85

  10. Anticipatory Grief, Stress, and the Surrogate Griever

    • Robert Fulton
    Pages 87-93

  11. Bereavement: Including Some Iatrogenic Aspects of Grief

    • Terence E. Lear
    Pages 95-110

  12. Physical Deterioration in Patients with Advanced Cancer

    • Irwin H. Krakoff
    Pages 111-115

  13. Summary Comments

    • Joel Elkes
    Pages 117-120

  14. Telling the Truth to the Dying Patient

    • Eric J. Cassell
    Pages 121-128

  15. The Use of Group Meetings with Cancer Patients and Their Families

    • Mary L. S. Vachon, W. Alan Lyall, Joy Rogers, Anton Formo, Karen Freedman, Jeanette Cochrane et al.
    Pages 129-139

  16. Stress, Cancer, Death—A Pediatric Perspective

    • Debbie Bowles, Janet Schyving Payne
    Pages 141-144

  17. Rural Cancer Death

    • Stephen Nye Barton, David W. Coombs, John P. Zakanycz
    Pages 145-159

  18. Discussion

    • Jean Taché, Hans Selye, Stacey B. Day
    Pages 161-185

  19. Stress and Cancer: A Disease of Adaptation?

    • Paul J. Rosch
    Pages 187-212

  20. Death Not the Mysterium Tremendum: A Summary Overview

    • Stacey B. Day
    Pages 213-218
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About this book

When I delivered the keynote address at our joint 1977 symposium on Cancer, Stress, and Death in Montreal, I took great pride in announcing my unique qualification for this singular honor-I had survived a normally fatal cancer, a histiocytic reticulosarcoma that had developed under the skin of my thigh several years pre­ viously. Faced with the physical and emotional realities of this situa­ tion, I refused to retreat from life in desperation. I immediately underwent surgery and cobalt therapy, but insisted on knowing my chances for a lasting recovery, which at that time seemed far from encouraging. Although I knew it would take tremendous self-discipline, I was determined to continue living and working without worrying about the outcome. I suppressed any thoughts of my ostensibly imminent death, but rewrote my will, including in it several suggestions for the continuation of my work by my colleagues. Having taken care of that business, I promptly forced myself to disregard the whole calamity. I immersed myself in my work-and I survived! But, of course, this was not my only reason for my feelings of pride and accomplishment.

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Institute of Stress, Pointe-Claire, Canada

    Jean Taché

  • International Institute of Stress, Montreal, Canada

    Hans Selye

  • Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, USA

    Stacey B. Day

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cancer, Stress, and Death

  • Editors: Jean Taché, Hans Selye, Stacey B. Day

  • Series Title: Sloan-Kettering Institute cancer series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3459-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-3461-3Published: 12 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-3459-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 233

  • Topics: Oncology, Cancer Research

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