Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who have sleep difficulties and disturbances in their circadian rhythms have worse outcomes than other patients, according to a study presented at the 2016 Circadian Rhythms in GI Health and Diseases meeting, in Chicago.
Circadian rhythms help synchronize cellular functions with the daily sleep–wake cycle, and there is growing evidence that the perturbations of these rhythms can lead to disease. The meeting focused on evidence linking circadian