Personality no link to cancer
27 June 2003
Personality type does not influence a person's risk of developing cancer, say Japanese researchers.
Their analysis of data from more than 30,000 people showed that the risk of stomach, colorectal (bowel), breast and lung cancers was not affected by extraversion (extraverted personality type), neuroticism (neurotic personality type), psychoticism (psychotic personality type) or lie (a measure of social naivety or conformity).
Any link with neuroticism and cancer could be explained by the effects of the cancer diagnosis or symptoms, the researchers said (Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003; 95: 799-805).
Last Reviewed: 30 June 2003
- 1. Medical Observer Weekly 20/6/03
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