Meta-analysis of work stress and risk of cancer

Source: BMJ Area: News A meta-analysis has been published in the BMJ which investigates whether work related stress, measured and defined as job strain, is associated with the overall risk of cancer and the risk of colorectal, lung, breast, or prostate cancers.   Data was pooled from 12 European cohort studies including 116,056 men and women aged 17-70 who were free from cancer at baseline and were followed up for a median of 12 years. Work stress was measured and defined as job strain, which was self reported at baseline. Incident cancers (all n=5765, colorectal cancer n=522, lung cancer n=374, breast cancer n=1010, prostate cancer n=865) were ascertained from cancer, hospital admission, and death registers.   The authors reported that high job strain (a harmonised method of assessing work stress) was not associated with overall risk of cancer (hazard ratio 0.97, 95% confidence interval 0.90 to 1.04) in the multivariable adjusted analyses. Similarly, no association was observed ...
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