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Phone counseling improves quality of life, immune systems of cervical cancer survivors
Date:4/22/2008

Irvine, Calif., April 22, 2008 A unique telephone-counseling intervention not only improved the quality of life for cervical cancer survivors but also altered associated stress-related effects on their immune systems, a UC Irvine study has found.

Along with reporting psychological and social benefits, the women in the study were found to have improved anti-tumor immune responses. The findings point to the importance of a mind-body connection for surviving cancer with a higher quality of life.

Cervical cancer survivors frequently experience profound and long-lasting quality of life issues, yet they often do not avail themselves of cancer support resources and are in desperate need of psychosocial interventions that work for them, said Lari Wenzel, associate professor of medicine and public health at UC Irvine and co-lead author of the study. This telephone-counseling strategy provided broad access to help women manage the stressors associated with cancer and its treatment.

The researchers studied 50 women from September 2004 to December 2005 who had completed primary cervical cancer treatment at least six months before starting the counseling program. The standardized telephone counseling focused on stress and emotion management and health and wellness issues.

In addition to the patient-reported psychological and social effects of the study, the researchers looked at what can be called the mind-body connection, which explores how behavioral interventions can affect other parts of the body.

Blood tests on the women who completed the counseling program showed a shift in the immune system, specifically with a class of T-helper immune cells, toward the type of immune response that seeks out and destroys tumor cells. Dr. Edward Nelson, UCI oncologist, tumor immunologist and co-lead author on the study, said the shift in these biomarkers was associated with the quality of life improvements that resulted from the tel
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Contact: Tom Vasich
tmvasich@uci.edu
949-824-6455
University of California - Irvine
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