Night work and breast cancer estrogen receptor status – results from the German GENICA study

OBJECTIVES: The potential mechanisms that link night-shift work with breast cancer have been extensively discussed. Exposure to light at night (LAN) depletes melatonin that has oncostatic and anti-estrogenic properties and may lead to a modified expression of estrogen receptor (ER) α. Here, we explo...

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Main Authors: Sylvia Rabstein, Volker Harth, Beate Pesch, Dirk Pallapies, Anne Lotz, Christina Justenhoven, Christian Baisch, Markus Schiffermann, Susanne Haas, Hans-Peter Fischer, Evelyn Heinze, Christiane Pierl, Hiltrud Brauch, Ute Hamann, Yon Ko, Thomas Brüning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH) 2013-09-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
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Online Access: https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3360