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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 123, No. 12

Articles | June 01, 1967

Psychophysiologic Aspects of Malignancy

CHARLES GOLDFARB; JEROME DRIESEN; DONALD COLE

Am J Psychiatry 1967;123:1545-1552.

Chief, Inpatient Service, Reiss Mental Health Pavilion, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York 144 W. 12th Street, New York, N. Y. 10011

Senior Psychiatric Resident, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York 144 W. 12th Street, New York, N. Y. 10011

Chief, Cancer Chemotherapy, Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York 144 W. 12th Street, New York, N. Y. 10011

1966-67, American Psychiatric Association

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Three patients with advanced carcinomatosis and concomitant depression were treated with ECT and cancer chemotherapy. All three experienced positive cancerocidal effects, although in one case they were short-lived. Possible explanations for these results are discussed in the light of previous reports of certain psychodynamic and biochemical similarities between cancer patients and depressed patients.

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