Sleep disorders and cancer incidence: examining duration and severity of diagnosis among veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sleep disruption affects biological processes that facilitate carcinogenesis. This retrospective cohort study used de-identified data from the Veterans Administration (VA) electronic medical record system to test the hypothesis that patients with diagnosed sleep disorders had an increased risk of prostate, breast, colorectal, or other cancers (1999-2010, N=663,869). This study builds upon existing evidence by examining whether patients with more severe or longer-duration diagnoses were at a greater risk of these cancers relative to those with a less severe or shorter duration sleep disorder.

Methods

Incident cancer cases were identified in the VA Tumor Registry and sleep disorders were defined by International Classification of Sleep Disorder codes. Analyses wer

SUBMITTER: Burch JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10927008 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature