Sleep medicine clinics

Disrupted Body Clocks, Shift Work, and Breast Cancer Risk

Updated

Abstract

Essence

Night shift work may raise breast cancer risk through light-at-night circadian disruption, but prevention evidence is absent.

Evidence

A review-style synthesis cites human epidemiologic evidence and animal mechanistic studies supporting night shift work as a probable carcinogenic exposure.

Caveat

Individual risk varies by circadian light sensitivity, baseline breast cancer risk, schedules, and light exposure, and the abstract reports no evidence for risk-reducing interventions.

Simplified

Full Text

Full text is available at the source.

Funding

Competing interests

1 of 2
authors report competing interests
1 reports none
PubMed

What Lands in Your Inbox Each Week:

  • 📚7 fresh studies
  • 📝plain-language summaries
  • direct links to original studies
  • 🏅top journal indicators
  • 📅weekly delivery
  • 🧘‍♂️always free