Study finds no evidence to link work stress to cancer risk
Work-related stress does not increase the risk of developing cancer, according to a comprehensive analysis of previous studies.
A total of 12 studies were analysed by experts from the IPD-Work Consortium, led by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and University College London.
The new analysis, published in the BMJ, looked at information - including stress levels - from more than 116,000 people from various European countries, including Britain.
Five per cent of the participants developed cancer during the average 12-year follow-up. But the researchers found no evidence of a link between people's stress levels and overall cancer risk.
Read the whole article at Cancer Research UK
Reference
- Heikkilä, K., Nyberg, S. T. et al. (2013). Work stress and risk of cancer: meta-analysis of 5700 incident cancer events in 116 000 European men and women BMJ DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f165
Keywords: work-related stress, cancer risk, bowel cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer
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