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PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF PERSONALTY, STRESS AND CANCER SURVIVAL

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15390194
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Public health/Health science
Research InstitutionTOHOKU UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

TSUBONO Yoshitaka  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF LAW, PROFESSOR, 大学院・法学研究科, 教授 (00250746)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) FUKUDO Shin  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, PROFESSOR, 大学院・医学系研究科, 教授 (80199249)
HOSOKAWA Toru  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, PROFESSOR, 大学院・教育学研究科, 教授 (60091740)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥2,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥3,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000)
KeywordsPERSONALITY / CHARACTER / COHORT STUDY / EPIDEMIOLOGY / CANCER / CANCER REGISTRY / SURVIVAL
Research Abstract

It has long been hypothesized that personality and stress play a role in cancer outcome, and in this study we tested this hypothesis in a population-based prospective cohort study in Japan. In July 1990, 41,442 residents of Japan completed a short form of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised and a questionnaire on stress and various health habits, and between January 1993 and December 1997, 890 incident cases of cancer were identified among them. These 890 cases were followed up until March 2001, and a total of 356 deaths from all causes was identified among them. Cox proportional-hazards regression was used to estimate the hazard ratio (HR) of death according to four score levels on each of four personality subscales (extraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism, and lie), with adjustment for potential confounding factors. Multivariable HRs of deaths from all causes for individuals in the highest score level on each personality subscale compared with those at the lowest level were 1.0 for extraversion (95% CI=0.8-1.4 ; Trend P=0.73), 1.1 for neuroticism (0.8-1.6 ; Trend P=0.24), 1.2 for psychoticism (0.9-1.6 ; Trend P=0.29), and 1.0 for lie (0.7-1.5 ; Trend P=0.90). Stress was not associated with cancer survival. The data obtained in this population-based prospective cohort study in Japan do not support the hypothesis that personality or stress is associated with cancer survival.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2005 2004 Other

All Journal Article (10 results) Publications (6 results)

  • [Journal Article] Personality and cancer survival : the Miyagi cohort study.2005

    • Author(s)
      Nakaya N, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Br J Cancer (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] No association between fruit or vegetable consumption and the risk of colorectal cancer in Japan.2005

    • Author(s)
      Tsubono Y, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Br J Cancer 92

      Pages: 1782-1784

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] No association between fruit or vegetable consumption and the risk of colorectal cancer in Japan.2005

    • Author(s)
      Tsubono Y, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Br J Cancer (in press)

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Coffee consumption and the risk of primary liver cancer : pooled analysis of two prospective studies in Japan.2005

    • Author(s)
      Shimazu T, Tsubono Y, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Int J Cancer (in press)

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Cigarette smoking and the risk of gastric cancer : a pooled analysis of two prospective studies in Japan.2004

    • Author(s)
      Koizumi Y, Tsubono Y, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Int J Cancer 112

      Pages: 1049-1055

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A halt to neuroblastoma screening in Japan.2004

    • Author(s)
      Tsubono Y, et al.
    • Journal Title

      N Engl J Med 350

      Pages: 2010-2011

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Health practices and mortality in Japan : combined effects of smoking, drinking, walking and body mass index in the Miyagi Cohort Study.2004

    • Author(s)
      Tsubono Y, et al.
    • Journal Title

      J Epidemiol 14

    • NAID

      10017402459

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] The increase of female breast cancer incidence in Japan : emergence of birth cohort effect.2004

    • Author(s)
      Minami Y, Tsubono Y, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Int J Cancer 108

      Pages: 901-906

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] The increase of female breast cancer incidence in Japan : emergence of birth cohort effect.2004

    • Author(s)
      Minami Y, Tsnbono Y, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Int J Cancer 108

      Pages: 901-906

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Personality and cancer survival : the Miyagi cohort study.

    • Author(s)
      Nakaya N, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Br J Cancer (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tsubono Y, et al.: "Re : Personality and the Risk of Cancer"J Natl Cancer Inst. 95. 1638 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Nakaya N, Tsubono Y, et al.: "Personality and the risk of cancer"J Natl Cancer Inst. 95. 799-805 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Koizumi Y, Tsubono Y, et al.: "No association between green tea and the risk of gastric cancer : pooled analysis of two prospective studies in Japan"Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 12. 472-473 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Ogawa K, Tsubono Y, et al.: "Validation of a food-frequency questionnaire for cohort studies in rural Japan"Public Health Nutr. 6. 147-157 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Sasazuki S, Tsubono Y, et al.: "The effect of 5-year vitamin C supplementation on serum pepsinogen level and Helicobacter pylori infection"Cancer Sci. 94. 378-382 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tsuji I, Tsubono Y, et al.: "Impact of walking upon medical care expenditure in Japan : the Ohsaki Cohort Study"Int J Epidemiol. 32. 809-814 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2003-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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