Night-Shift Work and Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk in Nurses: Review
Summary
Summarizes evidence on how night‑shift schedules may promote GI carcinogenesis via circadian disruption and hormonal/metabolic pathways among nurses.
Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls
Evidence here how rotation direction, quick‑returns, and long duties shows cancer risk for night‑shift workers and night owls. Patterns in the data make ‘quick returns’ and rotation direction concrete risk features rather than abstract policy terms. For night‑shift teams and individuals, this ties long‑debated rota features to concrete outcomes, making schedule talk about health, not preference.
Notes
Recent thematic review on GI cancers in nurses.