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Breast cancer surgery‐induced immunomodulation

Martijn F. Boomsma, Bert Garssen, Edith Slot, Monique Berbee, Johannes Berkhof, Eltica de Jager Meezenbroek, Walentina A. T. Slieker, Adriaan Visser, Sybren Meijer, Robert H.J. Beelen

Journal of Surgical Oncology · 2010 · 31 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

Although breast cancer surgery is classified as minor surgery the surgical procedure produces substantial immunomodulation.

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F I Fawzy · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1993 · 1K citations

Evidence that stress and surgical interventions promote tumor development by suppressing natural killer cell activity

Shamgar Ben‐Eliyahu, Gayle G. Page, Raz Yirmiya et al. · International Journal of Cancer · 1999 · 421 citations

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C-reactive protein and the acute phase response

Mark B. Pepys · Immunology Today · 1982 · 314 citations

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Responses of Plasma Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Cortisol, and Cytokines during and after Upper Abdominal Surgery

Yoshiyuki Naito, Sunao Tamai, Koh Shingu et al. · Anesthesiology · 1992 · 249 citations · Full text

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Stress increases metastatic spread of a mammary tumor in rats: Evidence for mediation by the immune system

Shamgar Ben‐Eliyahu · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 1991 · 246 citations

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