SynthesisSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2023
Impact of obstructive sleep apnea on cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association between obstructive sleep apnea and multiple adverse clinical outcomes: evidence from an umbrella review.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Risk factors for breast cancer: an umbrella review of observational cohort studies and causal relationship analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Decreased Bone Mineral Density: Masking Effects of Body Mass Index.Obesity facts · 2026Article
- Is obstructive sleep apnea a driver of cancer and chronic disease risk? A real-world analysis of over 3 million patients.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Article
- OSA in the aging population: Diagnostic and therapeutic considerations.Sleep medicine reviews · 2026Review
- [Research Advances in Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Lung Cancer Comorbidity].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2026Review
- Association of nasopharynx cancer with obstructive sleep apnea.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Sleep disorders in hepatocellular carcinoma.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Review
- Cancer and obstructive sleep apnea.Chinese medical journal · 2025Article
- Relationship between sleep apnea and dizziness: a scoping review.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Article
- 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 · 2025Article
- A narrative review of sleep and breast cancer: from epidemiology to mechanisms.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2025Review
- Oral Cancer and Sleep Disturbances: A Narrative Review on Exploring the Bidirectional Relationship.Cancers · 2025Review
- Risk of Biliary Tract and Pancreatic Cancer Following Obstructive Sleep Apnea Diagnosis: Analysis of a National Health Insurance Database.Journal of rhinology : official journal of the Korean Rhinologic Society · 2025Article
- The cumulative impact of type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnoea on cardiovascular, liver, diabetes-related and cancer outcomes.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2025Article
- Impaired sleep efficiency predicts adverse prognosis in elderly pancreatic cancer patients: a retrospective case - control study based on wearable smart devices.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- Identification and molecular mechanism of palmitoylation-related biomarkers in obstructive sleep apnea.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Association Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Prostate Cancer: NHANES and the Mendelian Randomization Study.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- Revealing the Causal Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Cancer Risk: Insights from Mendelian randomization analysis.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Article
- Impact of sleep on gastrointestinal cancer.World journal of clinical oncology · 2024Article
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeWe aimed to study the effect of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on cancer risk.
methodsWe searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases for relevant studies. The qualities of included studies were assessed using Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS). Unadjusted and adjusted analyses were performed. We also conducted subgroup analyses stratified by gender, severity of OSA, study design, and cancer type.
resultsAfter literatures search, 18 studies were included in the present study. In the unadjusted analysis, we discovered an increased cancer risk in patients with OSA with a pooled relative risk (RR) in the OSA group of 1.49 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.32-1.69, I
conclusionsThis systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that obstructive sleep apnea may increase risk of cancer.
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