Neuroimaging studies show the hippocampus is a crucial node in the neural network supporting episodic
autobiographical memory retrieval. Stress-related psychiatric disorders, namely Major Depression and Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD), are related to reduced hippocampus volume. However, this is not the case for remitted breast cancer
patients with co-morbid stress-related psychiatric disorders. This exception may be due to the fact that, consequently to the
cancer experience as such, this population might already be characterized by a reduced hippocampus with an episodic
autobiographical memory deficit.