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Research Interest:
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Dr. Bower’s research is focused on elucidating the interactions between psychological and immune factors among cancer patients and survivors, as well as individuals at high risk for cancer. One line of her research examines the association between changes in immune status and behavioral symptoms experienced by cancer patients during and after treatment. This research is based on the hypothesis that activation of proinflammatory cytokines mediates fatigue and other behavioral side effects of cancer treatment, including depression and cognitive disturbance. She is currently conducting prospective studies of breast and prostate cancer patients undergoing radiation and immunotherapy as well as an experimental study with breast cancer survivors to evaluate the association between elevations in proinflammatory cytokines and behavioral symptoms. Another line of Dr. Bower’s research examines psychological responses to cancer and other stressful life events and their impact on the immune and endocrine systems. This research focuses on positive psychological responses, such as finding positive meaning from the stressful experience, and the mechanisms through which these responses influence physical health.
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Curriculum Vitae
Publications:
Collado-Hidalgo Patricia A, Bower Patricia A, Ganz Patricia A, Irwin Patricia A, Cole Patricia A Cytokine gene polymorphisms and fatigue in breast cancer survivors:
Early findings..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2008; 36(2):
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Low Carissa A, Stanton Annette L, Bower Julienne E Effects of acceptance-oriented versus evaluative emotional processing
on heart rate recovery and habituation..
Emotion (Washington, D.C.).
2008; 8(3):
419-24.
Bower Julienne E Cancer-related fatigue: links with inflammation in cancer patients and
survivors..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2007; 21(7):
863-71.
Bower Julienne E, Ganz Patricia A, Aziz Najib, Olmstead Richard, Irwin Michael R, Cole Steve W Inflammatory responses to psychological stress in fatigued breast
cancer survivors: relationship to glucocorticoids..
Brain, behavior, and immunity.
2007; 21(3):
251-8.
Creswell J David, Lam Suman, Stanton Annette L, Taylor Shelley E, Bower Julienne E, Sherman David K Does self-affirmation, cognitive processing, or discovery of meaning
explain cancer-related health benefits of expressive writing?.
Personality and social psychology bulletin.
2007; 33(2):
238-50.
Bower Julienne E, Ganz Patricia A, Desmond Katherine A, Bernaards Coen, Rowland Julia H, Meyerowitz Beth E, Belin Thomas R Fatigue in long-term breast carcinoma survivors: a longitudinal
investigation..
Cancer.
2006; 106(4):
751-8.
Bower JE, Ganz PA, Dickerson SS, Petersen L, Aziz N, Fahey JL Diurnal cortisol rhythm and fatigue in breast cancer survivors..
Psychoneuroendocrinology. .
2005; 30(1):
92-100.
Ganz PA, Kwan L, Stanton AL, Krupnick JL, Rowland JH, Meyerowitz BE, Bower JE, Belin TR Quality of life at the end of primary treatment of breast cancer: first results from the moving beyond cancer randomized trial..
Journal of the National Cancer Institute. .
2004; 96(5):
376-87.
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