Might anxiety disorders promote head and neck cancer development?

Cancer patients present a higher risk of experiencing anxiety disorders (AD). However, it is not clear if AD might be associated with cancer development. Thus, our study aimed to evaluate if AD might be related to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) development. The combination of an appli...

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Autores principales: de Souza, Marcela Gonçalves, Gomes, Emisael Stênio Batista, Costa, Lorena Barbosa, Andrade, Amanda Dias Silva, de Jesus, Sabrina Ferreira, de Paula, Daniela Paola Santos, Rocha, Rogério Gonçalves da, Santos, Sérgio Henrique Sousa, de Paula, Alfredo Maurício Batista, Farias, Lucyana Conceição, Guimaraes, André Luiz Sena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7733128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33336100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibror.2020.06.001
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Sumario:Cancer patients present a higher risk of experiencing anxiety disorders (AD). However, it is not clear if AD might be associated with cancer development. Thus, our study aimed to evaluate if AD might be related to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) development. The combination of an applied animal basic study and a retrospective diagnostic case and control study in patients was performed. As a result, we obtained that stress reduced the locomotor activity of the animals in the group stress and stress + 4NqO (p < 0.0001). The stress showed no influence on the progression of neoplasia in mice. In the same way, the case group did not present differences in anxiety scores in comparison to control. Moreover, no association between HNSCC staging and anxiety scores was observed. In conclusion, our in vivo findings in humans and animals have shown that there is no relationship between AD and oral squamous cell carcinoma.

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