While we all recognize the importance of a good night's sleep, Dr. Cheryl Thompson and her research team at the UH Case Medical Center have uncovered a direct correlation between "insufficient sleep and biologically more aggressive tumors as well as likelihood of cancer recurrence." Women getting an average of 6 hours or less of sleep per night had higher tumor recurrence scores.
To read more about this study as well as additional feature articles in the September 2012 issue of Artemis (the John Hopkins Breast Cancer Newsletter), click here.
Study mentioned: Thompson CL, Li L. Association of sleep duration and breast cancer OncotypeDX recurrence score. Brast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Aug; 134(3): 1291-5. PMID 22752291
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