Stressful life events and cancer risk.
In a prospective cohort study in Denmark of 8736 randomly selected people, no evidence was found among 1011 subjects who developed cancer that self-reported stressful major life events had increased their risk for cancer.
Bergelt
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Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. bergelt@uke.uni-humburg.de
Prescott
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Grønbaek
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Koch
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Johansen
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*