The impact of sleep on breast cancer-specific mortality: a Mendelian randomisation study
This study did not provide evidence that sleep traits have a causal role in breast cancer mortality. Further work characterising disruption to normal sleep behaviours and its effects on tumour biology, treatment compliance and quality of life are needed.
Authors
- Bryony Hayes
- Debbie A. Lawlor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6793-2262)
- Tim Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0933-646X)
- Osama Mahmoud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0342-6704)
- Richard Michael Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7992-7719)
- Rebecca C. Richmond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0574-5071)
- Leanne Fleming (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6197-9214)
Institutions
- University of Essex (GB)
- University of Strathclyde (GB)
- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Oxford BioMedica (United Kingdom) (GB)
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Helwan University (EG)
- Medical Research Council (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-13681-4
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.63