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12/11/07
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Night Shift Work May Heighten Risk for Cancer
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Workers on the night shifts at bars, convenience stores, hospitals and other venues may be putting themselves at heightened risk for cancer.
That's the conclusion of an international group of experts who plan to add night shift work to the official list of "probable" carcinogens. A team of scientists at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) pored over human epidemiological data, animal study results, and studies looking at possible mechanisms linking night work to tumor formation. "All three of those things suggested that, yes, this might be something that could contribute to human cancer," said Aaron Blair, scientist emeritus at the U.S. National Cancer Institute and chairman of the IARC Working Group that evaluated the shift work-cancer link. The IARC -- a branch of the World Health Organization -- was expected to publish its findings in the December issue of The Lancet Oncology. Although numerous studies have sugg Read the Complete Article Similar content: Body Clock Shift May Cause Sickness-Linked Fatigue, in Multiple Sclerosis Prostate Cancer Gene Also Raises Colon Cancer Risk, in Prostate Cancer Arthritis Hinders Work for Many, in Arthritis Do Alternative Therapies Work for Epilepsy?, in Epilepsy How to Handle a Chronic Illness at Work, in Epilepsy |
