Women who had worked in nights shifts for 30 or more years are twice as likely to suffer from breast cancer, claim researchers. In the study, they assessed whether night shifts were linked to an increased risk of breast cancer among 1134 women with breast cancer and 1179 women without the disease, but of the same age, in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Kingston, Ontario. The women, who had done various different jobs, were asked about their shift work ...Thursday, 4 July 2013
Breast Cancer Risk In Women Could Be Doubled By Long Term Night Shifts
Women who had worked in nights shifts for 30 or more years are twice as likely to suffer from breast cancer, claim researchers. In the study, they assessed whether night shifts were linked to an increased risk of breast cancer among 1134 women with breast cancer and 1179 women without the disease, but of the same age, in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Kingston, Ontario. The women, who had done various different jobs, were asked about their shift work ...
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