Monday, 11 February 2013

Work stress link to cancer in doubt

Work stress is unlikely to be an important risk factor in developing common cancers, a large, long-term study suggests. After analyzing data from studies involving 116,000 participants aged 17 to 70 in six European countries, occupational health experts concluded work-related stress is "unlikely to be an important risk factor for colorectal, lung, breast or prostate cancers." Read more here.

Study mentioned: Heikkilä K, et al. Work stress and risk of cancer: meta-analysis of 5700 incident cancer events in 116 000 European men and women. BMJ. 2013 Feb 7;346:f165. PMID: 23393080

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