Open AccessFive-year relative survival in sleep apnea patients with a subsequent cancer diagnosis
Author(s) -
Arthur Sillah,
Faiza Faria,
Nathaniel F. Watson,
David Gozal,
Amanda I. Phipps
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical sleep medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1550-9397
pISSN - 1550-9389
DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.8312
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , gerontology , population , public health , cancer , cohort , sleep medicine , family medicine , sleep apnea , pediatrics , sleep disorder , psychiatry , insomnia , pathology , environmental health
In vitro and animal studies suggest that intermittent hypoxia characterizing sleep apnea contributes to accelerated cancer progression. However, the impact of sleep apnea on survival subsequent to cancer diagnosis is unknown.
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