Psychosocial factors and the risk of cancer: An individual‐participant data meta‐analysis
Lonneke A. van Tuijl·Adelita V. Ranchor·Maartje Basten·Roel Vermeulen·L. Portengen·A de Graeff·Joost Dekker·M. J. A. M. Geerlings·Adriaan W Hoogendoorn·Femke Lamers·Adri C. Voogd·Jessica Abell·Philip Awadalla·Aartjan T. F. Beekman·Ottar Bjerkeset·Andy Boyd·Yunsong Cui·Philipp Frank·Henrike Galenkamp·Bert Garssen·Sean Hellingman·Martijn Huisman·Anke Huss·Trynke R. de Jong·Melanie R. Keats·Almar A. L. Kok·Steinar Krokstad·Flora E. van Leeuwen·Annemarie I. Luik·Nolwenn Noisel·Yves Payette·B. W. J. H. Penninx·Ina Rissanen·Annelieke M. Roest·R. Ruiter·Robert A. Schoevers·David Soave·Mandy Spaan·Andrew Steptoe·Karien Stronks·Erik R. Sund·Emma L. Twait·Alison Teyhan·W. M. Monique Verschuren·Kimberly D. van der Willik·Judith G. M. Rosmalen·Ellen Sweeney·K.C Pan
For most types of cancer, psychosocial factors (measured at a single point in time) were not associated with increased risk. PSS, currently not in a relationship, and loss were associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, although most effects attenuated when adjusting for several known risk factors.