Breast Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to learn about the effects of stress on hormones, the relationship between these hormones and cancer progression.
Detailed description
The purpose of this study is to investigate stress and tonic activation of diurnal cortisol in aging metastatic breast cancer patients; feedback inhibition & activation of cortisol; and stress-induced phasic activation of cortisol.
Interventions
DRUGSandostatin
Calculated per patient
Sponsors
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Stanford University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
35 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Diagnosis of recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. 2. Karnofsky of 70% or greater. 3. Proficient enough in English to be able to take questionnaires and participate in the required tasks. 4. Living within the Greater Bay Area. 5. Age 35 or older .
Exclusion criteria
1. Positive supraclavicular lymph nodes as the only metastatic lesion at the time of initial diagnosis. 2. Active cancers within the past 10 years other than breast cancer, basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas of the skin, or in situ cancer of the cervix. 3. Any other serious medical condition that will effect short term survival 4. History of major psychiatric illness for which patient was hospitalized or medicated, with the exception of depression or anxiety 5. A diagnosis of diabetes.
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed