Stressing factors in the development process of malignant neoplasms in women: an integrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Garcia, Aline de Jesus
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Moreira, Lorena Chaves, Gonçalves, Deivison Julião, Braz, Letícia Cardoso
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3738
• topic: Estresse; Saúde da mulher; Câncer; Oncologia; Estrés; Salud de la mujer; Cáncer; Oncología; Stress; Woman Health; Cancer; Oncology

The relationship between the origin of neoplasms and stress has been studied in the literature. Since the first investigations about the delimitation of gender in the stress process, being a woman has been revealed as a significant variable that leads to illness. The aim of this study is to analyze in the literature whether the stressors experienced by women influence the development of malignant neoplasms and to identify the most common factors associated with this development. This is an integrative review carried out in the SciELO, LILACS, BDENF, MEDLINE databases, and in the PubMed and VHL libraries. DeCS and MeSH were used to assist in the search. A total of 11 articles were established as a corpus of analysis that address the stress-cancer relationship in women and signaled associated stressors. Despite the network of studies that point to the relationship between the effect of stress on the body and the activation of neuroendocrine components that impact the appearance of neoplastic conditions, understanding the chain of chemical reactions and metabolism response to stressful stimuli is still complex, demonstrating the need to expand studies. The importance of actively monitoring women’s health is evident, in addition to taking care to minimize stressors and prevent stress-related diseases.