ReCAP: Would Women With Breast Cancer Prefer to Receive an Antidepressant for Anxiety or Depression From Their Oncologist?
The majority of patients accepted antidepressant prescribing by their oncologist; only a minority preferred treatment by a mental health professional. These findings suggest that promoting education of oncologists to assess psychological symptoms and manage anxiety and depression as a routine part of an outpatient visit is beneficial
TGF beta RII plays an important role as a tumor suppressor in NSCLC carcinogenesis. The defective expression may serve as one of most important molecular mechanisms in explaining progression of the disease. In particular, aberrant 5' CpG methylation of the gene has explained the down-regulation of the gene at a transcriptional level.