title: Psychological stress and cancer.
abstract: All the concepts reported in this editorial are based on recent literature data obtained through a PubMed search, using both Medline and manual searches, with particular reference to articles, which could be relevant to clinical practice. This paper contributes to the existing literature on depression and stress and provides important information for the development of effective strategies to manage these conditions among patients with cancer.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maccauro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fulcheri
mesh_terms: D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy