Depressive Symptoms and Cortisol Rhythmicity Predict Survival in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma: Role of Inflammatory Signaling

Lorenzo Cohen; Steven W. Cole; Anil K. Sood; Sarah Prinsloo; Clemens Kirschbaum; Jesusa M. G. Arevalo; Nicholas B. Jennings; Shellie Scott; Luis Vence; Qi Wei; Diane Kentor; Laszlo Radvanyi; Nizar Tannir; Eric Jonasch; Pheroze Tamboli; Louis Pisters

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042324

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Depressive Symptoms and Cortisol Rhythmicity Predict Survival in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma: Role of Inflammatory Signaling

Lorenzo Cohen ,

* E-mail: lcohen@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of General Oncology and the Integrative Medicine Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Steven W. Cole,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Anil K. Sood,

Affiliation Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Cancer Biology Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNA, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Sarah Prinsloo,

Affiliation Department of General Oncology and the Integrative Medicine Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Clemens Kirschbaum,

Affiliation Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Jesusa M. G. Arevalo,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Nicholas B. Jennings,

Affiliation Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Cancer Biology Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNA, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Shellie Scott,

Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Luis Vence,

Affiliation Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Qi Wei,

Affiliation Department of General Oncology and the Integrative Medicine Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Diane Kentor,

Affiliation Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Laszlo Radvanyi,

Affiliation Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Nizar Tannir,

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Eric Jonasch,

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Pheroze Tamboli,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Louis Pisters

Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Depressive Symptoms and Cortisol Rhythmicity Predict Survival in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma: Role of Inflammatory Signaling

Lorenzo Cohen,
Steven W. Cole,
Anil K. Sood,
Sarah Prinsloo,
Clemens Kirschbaum,
Jesusa M. G. Arevalo,
Nicholas B. Jennings,
Shellie Scott,
Luis Vence,
Qi Wei

Published: August 1, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042324

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Depressive Symptoms and Cortisol Rhythmicity Predict Survival in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma: Role of Inflammatory Signaling

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