Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with cancer mortality in younger patients

Martínez-García, Miguel A.; Campos-Rodriguez, Francisco; Durán-Cantolla, Joaquín; de la Peña, Mónica; Masdeu, María J.; González, Mónica; del Campo, Félix; Serra, Pablo Catalán; Valero-Sánchez, Irene; Ferrer, M.J. Selma; Marín, José M.; Barbé, Ferrán; Martínez, M.; Farré, Ramón; Montserrat, José M.

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2014.01.020

Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with cancer mortality in younger patients

OBJECTIVE The association between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and cancer mortality has scarcely been studied. The objective of this study was to investigate whether OSA is associated with increased cancer mortality in a large cohort of patients with OSA suspicion. METHODS This was a multicenter…