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Lack of Sleep and Cancer: Is There a Connection?

Disruptions in the body's “biological clock,” which controls sleep and thousands of other functions, may raise the odds of cancers of the breast, colon, ovaries ...

Does Sleep Affect Cancer Risk? | American Cancer Society

Some studies show mixed results on short sleep (4-5 hours) and long sleep (more than 9 hours) as an increased risk for cancer.

Cancer and Sleep - Sleep Foundation

Sleep may play a role in the progression of cancer and its growth over time. Some of the factors related to cancer risk, such as the impact of ...

Sleep duration and the risk of cancer: a systematic review and meta ...

The effect of sleep duration on cancer risk remains controversial. We aimed to quantify the available evidence on this relationship using categorical and dose– ...

Sleep Disorders (PDQ®)–Patient Version - National Cancer Institute

Sleep disorders affect normal sleep patterns. Normal sleep patterns differ from person to person. The amount of sleep you need to feel rested may be less or ...

Sleeping less than 6 hours may raise risk of cancer, even death

Middle-aged people with high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease or stroke could be at increased risk for cancer and early death if ...

Sleep - Cancer Trends Progress Report

Existing evidence indicates that sleep duration is associated with cancer mortality. However, across sites, risk may vary by sleep duration – both short (<7 ...

What are Sleep Problems? - American Cancer Society

Treating side effects. The side effects of your cancer or cancer treatment might cause sleep problems. Many of these side effects can be managed ...

Sleep quality and risk of cancer: findings from the English ...

The current study found that poor sleep quality was positively associated with the long-term risk of developing cancer.

Lack of Sleep Linked to Increased Risk of Cancer

Lack of Sleep Linked to Increased Risk of Cancer ... Getting less sleep is associated with an increased risk of cancer, according to a study ...

Sleeping Well | Cancer Survivors - CDC

Trouble sleeping is common during and after cancer treatment. Good sleep habits can help. It's not uncommon to feel very tired during and after cancer ...

Difficulty sleeping (insomnia) and cancer - Cancer Research UK

Insomnia is when you have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep at night, and waking up too early in the morning.

Sleep Disruption and Cancer: Chicken or the Egg? - Frontiers

This results in a “chicken or the egg” phenomenon, where it is unclear whether sleep disruption promotes cancer or cancer reciprocally disrupts sleep.

Could Lack Of Sleep Be Causing Cancer in Young People?

A 2011 study showed that shorter sleep, especially less than six hours per night, might increase the risk of developing colon polyps, 4 which can turn into ...

How Important is Sleep for Cancer Patients?

According to research, people who sleep less than six hours have an increased cancer risk. While short sleep duration elevates the risk of colon ...

The Triad of Sleep, Immunity, and Cancer: A Mediating Perspective

This review synthesizes the current knowledge on how sleep influences immune function, the immune system's role in cancer dynamics, and the direct connections ...

Sleep duration and breast cancer incidence: results from the Million ...

The totality of the prospective evidence does not support an association between sleep duration and breast cancer risk.

Association of habitual sleep duration and its trajectory with the risk ...

Second, sleep deprivation may impair immune function, resulting in cancer development. ... Third, short sleep duration may be related to ...

Sleep Disturbances in Cancer: A Review

Sleep problems are one of the major complaints in patients with cancer, before treatment, while undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy, and after the ...

Supper, sleep, circadian rhythms and cancer risk

A new study out of Barcelona suggests when you eat may be just as critical as what you eat, at least with regard to breast and prostate ...