Shift work greatly increases the incidence of prostate cancer

The endocrine environment of the human body is a key factor in ensuring people's health. It is well known that regular living habits are the key to ensuring endocrine stability. A recent medical study shows that men who work day and night have a greatly increased chance of developing prostate cancer due to endocrine disorders, which seriously endangers their health. Let's take a look at this study.

According to researchers, from 1988 to 1997, nearly 16,000 men in 45 cities, towns and villages across Japan were surveyed to find out the relationship between working hours and the incidence of prostate cancer. Of all the men surveyed, 12,756 worked long-term day shifts, 1,184 worked long-term night shifts, and another 1,966 worked in shifts around the clock.

In the follow-up study, 55 people were eventually diagnosed with prostate cancer, including 38 who worked the day shift, 6 who worked the night shift, and 11 who worked the day and night shift. In addition, the researchers also comprehensively studied the patients' family history of prostate cancer and differences in age and region. The final statistical results showed that the probability of men who worked the day and night shift to develop prostate cancer was 3.5 times that of men who worked the day shift for a long time; and there was almost no difference in the probability of men who worked the night shift for a long time and men who worked the day shift.

Researchers say that based on research so far, irregular shifts disrupt the body's biological clock, which reduces the secretion of melatonin, which has the effect of inhibiting the proliferation of prostate cancer cells. This may explain why men with irregular working hours are more likely to develop prostate cancer. Men who work day and night shifts are 3.5 times more likely to develop prostate cancer than men who work long-term day shifts.

The above is the research on the relationship between shift work and the risk of prostate cancer. We hope that by understanding this research, friends who work shifts can pay more attention to prostate health, actively regulate and prevent their bodies, and reduce the risk of prostate cancer as much as possible.

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