Night Shift Work (IARC Monographs on the Identification of Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans, Volume 124)
Summary
IARC’s expert working group evaluated epidemiologic, animal, and mechanistic evidence on night shift work and cancer risk.
Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls
This policy statement how years of night‑shift exposure shows cancer risk for night‑shift workers and night owls. Evidence trends connect cumulative night exposure with risk signals, which matters over a career rather than a single block. For night‑shift teams and individuals, this ties long‑debated rota features to concrete outcomes, making schedule talk about health, not preference.
Notes
Open-access monograph PDF available from IARC.