Nearly 2,000 women contract breast cancer every year in the UK because they work night shifts, according to a new report. The figure, published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), is based on 2005 data and attributes 1,969 new cases of breast cancer and 555 deaths from the disease that year to shiftwork. The findings were elaborated in a 2012 HSE report.

The Herald. The burden of occupational cancer in Great Britain, research report 800, HSE, 2010 [pdf]. Risks 455.