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Could reducing stress boost cancer treatments?

Could reducing stress make cancer treatments more effective? Lab experiments suggest that hormones released when we feel stressed might be implicated in the progression of tumours. Dr Val Jenkins – who researches the psychological impact of cancer at Sussex University - and cancer biologist Dr Melanie Flint from the University of Brighton, explain how stress affects the body.

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