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The results of the recent IARC Monographs evaluation of the carcinogenicity of night shift work have now been published in The Lancet Oncology. This summary article presents the conclusions of the IARC Monographs Meeting 124.
Shift work involving circadian disruption was previously evaluated by the IARC Monographs, in 2007. In this updated evaluation, the Working Group chose the name “night shift work” to better describe the exposure circumstances and to reflect the main evidence base for the studies of cancer in humans. The re-evaluation was motivated by the large number of new, high-quality epidemiological studies including additional cancer sites.
The full scientific assessment will be published as Volume 124 of the IARC Monographs.
IARC Monographs Volume 124 Working Group
Carcinogenicity of night shift work
Lancet Oncol, Published online 4 July 2019;
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30455-3
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