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Psychosocial factors and cancer incidence (PSY-CA): Protocol for individual participant data meta-analyses

  • Lonneke A van Tuijl
  • , Adri C Voogd
  • , Alexander de Graeff
  • , Adriaan W Hoogendoorn
  • , Adelita V Ranchor
  • , Kuan-Yu Pan
  • , Maartje Basten
  • , Femke Lamers
  • , Mirjam I Geerlings
  • , Jessica G Abell
  • , Philip Awadalla
  • , Marije F Bakker
  • , Aartjan T F Beekman
  • , Ottar Bjerkeset
  • , Andy Boyd
  • , Yunsong Cui
  • , Henrike Galenkamp
  • , Bert Garssen
  • , Sean Hellingman
  • , Martijn Huisman
  • Anke Huss, Melanie R Keats, Almar A L Kok, Annemarie I Luik, Nolwenn Noisel, N Charlotte Onland-Moret, Yves Payette, Brenda W J H Penninx, Lützen Portengen, Ina Rissanen, Annelieke M Roest, Judith G M Rosmalen, Rikje Ruiter, Robert A Schoevers, David M Soave, Mandy Spaan, Andrew Steptoe, Karien Stronks, Erik R Sund, Ellen Sweeney, Alison Teyhan, Ilonca Vaartjes, Kimberly D van der Willik, Flora E van Leeuwen, Rutger van Petersen, W M Monique Verschuren, Frank Visseren, Roel Vermeulen, Joost Dekker
  • Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Research School NUTRIM, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
  • Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht
  • Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Maasstad Hospital
  • Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht and Rehabilitation Center
  • University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom
  • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
  • Nord University
  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dalhousie University
  • University of Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam
  • Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Department of Virosciences, Erasmus Medical Center, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • CARTaGENE
  • University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Paediatric Allergology, Beatrix Children's Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Psychosocial factors have been hypothesized to increase the risk of cancer. This study aims (1) to test whether psychosocial factors (depression, anxiety, recent loss events, subjective social support, relationship status, general distress, and neuroticism) are associated with the incidence of any cancer (any, breast, lung, prostate, colorectal, smoking-related, and alcohol-related); (2) to test the interaction between psychosocial factors and factors related to cancer risk (smoking, alcohol use, weight, physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep, age, sex, education, hormone replacement therapy, and menopausal status) with regard to the incidence of cancer; and (3) to test the mediating role of health behaviors (smoking, alcohol use, weight, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep) in the relationship between psychosocial factors and the incidence of cancer.

METHODS: The psychosocial factors and cancer incidence (PSY-CA) consortium was established involving experts in the field of (psycho-)oncology, methodology, and epidemiology. Using data collected in 18 cohorts (N = 617,355), a preplanned two-stage individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis is proposed. Standardized analyses will be conducted on harmonized datasets for each cohort (stage 1), and meta-analyses will be performed on the risk estimates (stage 2).

CONCLUSION: PSY-CA aims to elucidate the relationship between psychosocial factors and cancer risk by addressing several shortcomings of prior meta-analyses.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2340
Pages (from-to)1-13
JournalBrain and Behavior
Volume11
Issue number10
Early online date2 Sept 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The PSY‐CA consortium is supported by funding from the Dutch Cancer Society(VU2017‐8288).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals LLC

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • cancer risk
  • depression
  • health behaviors
  • meta-analysis
  • psycho-oncology

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