ArticleBreast cancer research and treatment2017
Sleep duration and breast cancer prognosis: perspectives from the Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of exercise interventions on sleep quality in breast cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Sleep Traits to the Risk of Breast Cancer Disease Incidence, Adverse Progression and Mortality: Evidence From a Global Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of public health · 2025Pooled it
- Circadian rhythm disrupting behaviours and cancer outcomes in breast cancer survivors: a systematic review.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2023Pooled it
- Sleep During Oncological Treatment - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Associations With Treatment Response, Time to Progression and Survival.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence and risk factors of sleep disturbances in breast cancersurvivors: systematic review and meta-analyses.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of a physical activity intervention on sleep among cancer survivors in a randomized controlled trial within the Cancer Prevention Study-3 cohort.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Trial
- Internet-Delivered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2018Trial
- Dietary Composition, Meal Timing, and Cancer-Related Fatigue: Insights From the Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study.Cancer nursingTrial
- Global diet quality score and quality of sleep in patients with breast cancer: a population-based cross-sectional study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Evidence for the benefits of lifestyle medicine interventions in breast cancer survivorship.The oncologist · 2025Review
- Quality of life, insomnia, attitudes and beliefs in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer: a cross-sectional study in Amol city Northern Iran.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- The impact of sleep on breast cancer-specific mortality: a Mendelian randomisation study.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Interaction between sleep duration and physical activity on mortality among cancer survivors: findings from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2007-2018.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Sleep and cancer mortality in the Cancer Prevention Study-II.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2024Article
- Association Between Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviors, and Sleep-Related Outcomes Among Cancer Survivors: a Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Eyes Wide Open: Sleep as a Potential Contributor to Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cancer.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2024Review
- Sleep duration and mortality among breast cancer survivors in the Western New York Exposures and Breast Cancer (WEB) Study.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2024Article
- Clinical guidelines for managing menopausal symptoms in women with (a history of) breast cancer.Facts, views & vision in ObGyn · 2023Article
- Intermittent fasting interventions to leverage metabolic and circadian mechanisms for cancer treatment and supportive care outcomes.Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs · 2023Article
- The Metastatic Spread of Breast Cancer Accelerates during Sleep: How the Study Design can Affect the Results.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine whether baseline sleep duration or changes in sleep duration are associated with breast cancer prognosis among early-stage breast cancer survivors in the multi-center Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study.
methodsData were collected from 1995 to 2010. Analysis included 3047 women. Sleep duration was self-reported at baseline and follow-up intervals. Cox proportional hazard models were used to investigate whether baseline sleep duration was associated with breast cancer recurrence, breast cancer-specific mortality, and all-cause mortality. Time-varying models investigated whether changes in sleep duration were associated with breast cancer prognosis.
resultsCompared to women who slept 7-8 h/night at baseline, sleeping ≥9 h/night was associated with a 48% increased risk of breast cancer recurrence (Hazard ratio [HR] 1.48, 95% Confidence interval [CI] 1.01, 2.00), a 52% increased risk of breast cancer-specific mortality (HR 1.52, 95% CI 1.09, 2.13), and a 43% greater risk of all-cause mortality (HR 1.43, 95% CI 1.07, 1.92). Time-varying models showed analogous increased risk in those who inconsistently slept ≥9 h/night (all P < 0.05), but not in those who consistently slept ≥9 h/night.
conclusionsConsistent long or short sleep, which may reflect inter-individual variability in the need for sleep, does not appear to influence prognosis among early-stage breast cancer survivors.
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