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Night shifts may increase breast cancer risk by 30 percent
Night work may increase a woman’s chances of developing breast cancer by 30 percent — a slightly elevated but “statistically significant” risk, French researchers said Tuesday. This placed night work in the same order of risk as factors like genetic mutation, a late first pregnancy or hormonal treatment, Pascal Guenel,…
Study: Breast cancer risk for night shift workers increased by 40 percent
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has commissioned research into reported links between working night shifts and breast cancer in women in an attempt to establish whether working at night increases the risk of chronic disease. A number of studies have suggested that women working night shifts may be more…
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