SCIENTIFIC REPORT 2004 - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
SCIENTIFIC REPORT 2004 - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
SCIENTIFIC REPORT 2004 - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
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C A N C E R P R E V E N T I O N A N D C O N T R O L P R O G R A M<br />
Lechner, SC, Antoni, MH, Lydston, D,<br />
LaPerriere, A, Ishii, M, Devieux, J, Ironson, G,<br />
Schneiderman, N, Brondolo, E, Tobin, J, and<br />
Weiss, S. Cognitive-behavioral interventions improve<br />
quality of life in women with AIDS. Journal<br />
of Psychosomatic Research 54:253-61, 2003.<br />
Penedo, FJ, Gonzalez, JS, Dahn, JR, Antoni, M,<br />
Malow, R, Costa, P, and Schneiderman, N. Personality,<br />
quality of life and HAART adherence<br />
among men and women living with HIV/AIDS.<br />
Journal of Psychosomatic Research 54:271-78,<br />
2003.<br />
Penedo, FJ, Gonzalez, JS, Davis, C, Dahn, J,<br />
Antoni, MH, Ironson, G, Malow, R, and<br />
Schneiderman, N. Coping and psychological distress<br />
among symptomatic HIV+ men who have<br />
sex with men. Annals of Behavioral Medicine<br />
25:203-13, 2003.<br />
Penedo, FJ, Dahn, JR, Gonzalez, JS, Molton, I,<br />
Carver, CS, Antoni, MH, Roos, BA, and<br />
Schneiderman, N. Perceived stress management<br />
skill mediates the relationship between optimism<br />
and positive mood following radical prostatectomy.<br />
Health Psychology 22:220-22, 2003.<br />
Berkman, LF, Blumenthal, J, Burg, M, Carney,<br />
RM, Catellier, D, Cowan, MJ, Czajkowski, SM,<br />
DeBusk, R, Hosking, J, Jaffe, A, Kaufmann, PG,<br />
Mitchell, P, Norman, J, Powell, LH, Raczynski,<br />
JM, and Schneiderman, N. Enhancing Recovery<br />
in Coronary Heart Disease Patients Investigators<br />
(ENRICHD). Effects of treating depression and<br />
low perceived social support on clinical events<br />
after myocardial infarction: the Enhancing Recovery<br />
in Coronary Heart Disease Patients<br />
(ENRICHD) Randomized Trial. Journal of the<br />
American Medical Association 289:3106-16,<br />
2003.<br />
Watkins, LL, Schneiderman, N, Blumenthal, JA,<br />
Sheps, DS, Catellier, D, Taylor, CB, and<br />
Freedland, KE; ENRICHD Investigators. Cognitive<br />
and somatic symptoms of depression are associated<br />
with medical comorbidity in patients<br />
after acute myocardial infarction. American Heart<br />
Journal 146:48-54, 2003.<br />
Fernander, AF, Durán, REF, Saab, PG, Llabre,<br />
MM, and Schneiderman, N. Assessing the reliability<br />
and validity of the John Henry Active<br />
Coping Scale in an urban sample of African<br />
Americans and White Americans. Ethnicity &<br />
Health 8:147-61, 2003.<br />
Kline, KA, Saab, PG, Llabre, MM, Spitzer, SB,<br />
Evans, JD, McDonald, PAG, and Schneiderman,<br />
N. Hemodynamic response patterns: Responder<br />
type differences in reactivity and recovery. Psychophysiology<br />
39:739-46, 2003.<br />
HIGHLIGHTS/DISCOVERIES<br />
• Maintaining an optimistic outlook is associated<br />
with greater NKCC by way of greater emotional<br />
expression.<br />
• Perceived stress management skills mediate<br />
improvements in mood and QOL during the<br />
CBSM intervention.<br />
• Intervention-related gains in QOL may be<br />
paralleled by gonadal hormone (testosterone)<br />
changes.<br />
GAIL S. SHOR-POSNER, PH.D.<br />
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral<br />
Sciences<br />
DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH<br />
Dr. Shor-Posner is funded by the NCI as part<br />
of the Women’s Intervention Nutrition<br />
Study (WINS). She received this funding for the<br />
Low Fat Diet and Breast <strong>Cancer</strong> Recurrence/Outcome<br />
Trial. The goal of this multi-site project is<br />
to determine whether a program of dietary fat<br />
intake reduction, provided in addition to defined<br />
adjuvant therapy, will effectively prolong diseasefree<br />
survival for patients between 48 and 78 years<br />
of age with early stage breast cancer. The study is<br />
ongoing, and a proposal has been submitted for<br />
continuation until 2007.<br />
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