title: Is there a link between work-related stress and colorectal cancer?
abstract: The South Australian Workers Compensation Tribunal has found that stress contributed to a man's colorectal cancer. The medical evidence for this is very limited, and the case highlights the difference between scientific and legal proof.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Governance Unit, Hunter Area Health Service, Locked Bag 1, New Lambton, NSW 2305, Australia. allan.spigelman@newcastle.edu.au
authors.forename: Allan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Spigelman
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dwyer
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D011330:Prisons; D011336:Probability; D012307:Risk Factors; D013021:South Australia; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology