(25-05-07) How Stress Can Strengthen Cancer Cells in Your Body

The stress hormone epinephrine changes prostate and breast cancer cells in ways that may make them resistant to cell death. This means that emotional stress could both contribute to the development of cancer and reduce the effectiveness of cancer treatments.
Epinephrine levels increase sharply in response to stressful situations, and can remain continuously elevated during long periods of stress or depression.
When cancer cells are exposed to epinephrine, a protein called BAD, which causes cell death, becomes inactive.
An earlier study found that men who take beta blockers, which block the effects of epinephrine, can have an 18 percent lower risk of prostate cancer.

Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry

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