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Mental health, cancer risk, and the mediating role of lifestyle factors in the CARTaGENE cohort study.

Kaitlyn GilhamAnne GadermannTrevor J B DummerRachel A Murphy
Published in: PloS one (2023)
Positive associations were observed between mental health disorders, all cancer and lung cancer risk, however most relationships were attenuated with adjustment for lifestyle factors. Smoking status mediated a significant proportion of the relationships between mental health disorders and cancer risk.
Keyphrases
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • metabolic syndrome
  • cardiovascular disease
  • physical activity
  • weight loss
  • papillary thyroid
  • smoking cessation
  • squamous cell
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  • young adults