According to the study, funded by the Health and Safety Executive, nurses and flight attendants are the two main occupations with the highest risk of developing night-shift related breast cancer.

Melatonin is the ‘sleep hormone’ thought to have anti-cancer qualities. Scientists believe that the disruption of normal sleep-wake cycle affects production of melatonin.

Dr Lesley Rushton, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London, the lead author on the report, explained that the figures were based on the numbers of women estimated to have been in involved in night shift work for at least a decade.

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