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Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 36-44 , 1 May 2007

Impaired Natural Killer Cell Lysis in Breast Cancer Patients with High Levels of Psychological Stress is Associated with Altered Expression of Killer Immunoglobin-Like Receptors

Kimberly A. Varker, M.D.
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Catherine E. Terrell, B.S.
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Marilyn Welt, B.S.
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Samer Suleiman, B.S.
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Lisa Thornton, Ph.D.
- Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Barbara L. Andersen, Ph.D.
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Institute of Behavioral Medical Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
William E. Carson III, M.D.
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- To whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed at Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University, N924 Doan Hall, 410 W. 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210.