Research on psychosocial factors

Here is a worthwhile article about research addressing the connection between the disparities in psychosocial factors that might cause breast cancer and biological consequences:  Cancer disparities:  A biological and psychosocial perspective.

 

From the article:

"The connection between psychosocial factors and biological consequences makes enormous intuitive sense, despite the fact that it turns the reigning biology-centric paradigm on its head," said Dr. Gehlert. "But when you get to know the women and the stress-generating neighborhoods they live in, it's hard to maintain the belief that a biomedical approach alone is going to provide a meaningful solution to the problem of understanding health disparities."

 

Thanks to our board member Juanita Salinas for sending me the link.  Juanita says that it may take years before we can benefit from this research on a local level, but at least there is good news that the issue is being studied.  I agree. And, the sooner we get the data from this kind of research the better.