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. 2017 Sep 11;12:29. doi: 10.1186/s12995-017-0175-4

Table 2.

Pre- and Post-IARC 2007 studies of shift work and cancer: Targeted assessment of chronotype, internal time, or circadian disruption

Publication Targeted assessment
First author, year Cancer Endpoint Chronotype/Chronobiological propensity Biological day or Biological night Circadian disruption
At work Off work
Pre-IARC
 Tynes, 1996 [56] Breast
 Davis, 2001 [57] Breast
 Hansen, 2001 [58] Breast
 Schernhammer, 2001 [59] Breast
 Schernhammer, 2003 [60] Colorectum
 Lie, 2006 [61] Breast
 O’Leary, 2006 [62] Breast
 Schernhammer, 2006 [63] Breast
 Kubo, 2006 [64] Prostate
 Schwartzbaum, 2007 [65] Cancer
 Viswanathan, 2007 [66] Endometrium
 Conlon, 2007 [67] Prostate
Post-IARC
 Lahti, 2008 [68] Non-Hodgkin
 Pukkala, 2009 [69] Cancer
 Pesch, 2010 [70] Breast
 Pronk, 2010 [71] Breast
 Kubo, 2011 [72] Prostate
 Schernhammer, 2011 [73] Skin
 Lie, 2011 [74] Breast
 Hansen, 2012a [34] Breast Yes
 Hansen, 2012b [75] Breast
 Parent, 2012 [76] Cancer
 Knutsson, 2013 [77] Breast
 Menegaux, 2013 [78] Breast
 Rabstein, 2013 [79] Breast
 Bhatti, 2013 [35] Ovary Yes
 Lin, 2013 [80] Pancreas
 Grundy, 2013 [81] Breast
 Fritschi, 2013 [36] Breast Yes
 Schernhammer, 2013 [82] Lung
 Grundy, 2013 [83] Breast
 Gapstur, 2014 [84] Prostate
 Carter, 2014 [85] Ovary
 Koppes, 2014 [86] Breast
 Truong, 2014 [87] Breast
 Yong, 2014 [88] Cancer
 Rabstein, 2014 [89] Breast
 Kwon, 2015 [90] Lung
 Li, 2015 [91] Breast
 Akerstedt, 2015 [92] Breast
 Hammer, 2015 [93] Prostate
 Papantoniou, 2015 [37] Prostate Yes
 Lin, 2015 [94] Biliary tract
 Cordina-Duve., 2016 [95] Breast
 Gyarmati, 2016 [38] Stomach Yes
 Papantoniou, 2016 [39] Breast Yes
 Travis, 2016 [11] Breast Yes
 Costas, 2016 CLL
 Dickerman, 2016 [40] Prostate Yes
 Heckman, 2017 [41] Skin Yes
 Papantoniou, 2017 [96] Colorectum