Night shift work and prolactin as a breast cancer risk factor
Prolactin - a hormone secreted in a circadian rhythm acts as a regulator of growth and development of the mammary glands. It has been observed that working at night increases breast cancer risk in women. Night shift work, probably carcinogenic to humans (Group 2A IARC), can disrupt a circadian rhyth...
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Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine,
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