Cancer-Related Stress and Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Review

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="979213.fig.001a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ecam/volume-2012/979213/figures/979213.fig.001a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Normal HPA-axis regulation</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="979213.fig.001b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ecam/volume-2012/979213/figures/979213.fig.001b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Proposed HPA-axis dysregulation for high cortisol levels </td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Overview of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis in relation to the stress response in healthy individuals (a) and those with cancer (b). CRH: corticotrophin-releasing hormone; ACTH: adrenocorticotropic hormone.  Thin dashed lines represent reduced feedback inhibition.</table>

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