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Stress and Breast Cancer is Topic of Public
Forum on September 26, 2005
Is there a relationship between stress and the development or
progression of breast cancer? How do social support and feelings
of well-being affect survival?
Dr. David Spiegel, medical director of the Center for Integrative
Medicine at Stanford Medical Center will address these topics
on Monday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. at “Stress and Breast Cancer,”
a free public educational forum. The event, which is sponsored
by Zero Breast Cancer, will take place at the Marin Civic Center,
Civic Center Drive (off North San Pedro Road) Board of Supervisors
Chambers, Room 330, San Rafael.
In a number of studies, breast cancer patients have stated that
they believe that stress attributed both to getting cancer and
to its recurrence. At the forum, Spiegel will address this issue
along with others, including methods of coping and intervention;
emotional responses and the decision-making process in younger
and older patients; and unique challenges for younger women with
breast cancer.
In addition, he will share the results of the recently completed
study Breast Cancer and Psychosocial Factors:
Early Stressful Life Events, Social Support and Well Being. The
sample for this study was 600 Marin County women who took part
in one Zero Breast Cancer study: Adolescent Risk Factors and
the Development of Breast Cancer in Marin.
“The results of this Marin-specific breast cancer research
will be translated and shared with community members in a way that
will inform personal decision-making and action,” said Janice
Barlow, Zero Breast Cancer executive director.
Spiegel has researched the effects of support groups on women
with metastatic breast cancer since 1976. He is the author of
a landmark study that demonstrated that groups offering opportunities
for both support and expression improve quality of life and enhance
survival time in women with terminal disease. His work has been
featured on Bill Moyer’s Emmy award-winning special “Healing
and the Mind.”
Seating is limited. Please RSVP to Zero Breast Cancer at (415)
507-1949.
Zero Breast Cancer’s mission is to find the causes of breast cancer
through community participation in the research process. Stress
and Breast Cancer is co-sponsored by the Breast Health Center of
Marin and Kaiser Permanente. This forum is made possible by funding
from the County of Marin Department of Health and Human Services,
Andrea Fox Fund.
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