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@ARTICLE{Zhu:308658,
author = {C. Zhu$^*$ and M. Thong$^*$ and D. Doege$^*$ and L.
Koch-Gallenkamp$^*$ and H. Bertram and A. Eberle and B.
Holleczek and A. Nennecke and A. Waldmann and S. R. Zeißig
and R. Pritzkuleit and H. Brenner$^*$ and V. Arndt$^*$},
title = {{L}ifestyle factors and all-cause mortality in long-term
cancer survivors: a population-based prospective cohort
study.},
journal = {European journal of epidemiology},
volume = {nn},
issn = {0393-2990},
address = {[Cham]},
publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland AG},
reportid = {DKFZ-2026-00191},
pages = {nn},
year = {2026},
note = {#EA:C071#LA:C071# / epub},
abstract = {The association between healthy lifestyles and mortality in
cancer survivors remains inconclusive with few evidence
among long-term cancer survivors (LTCS, survived ≥ 5 years
post-diagnosis). Our study aims to investigate the
association between individual and combined healthy
lifestyle factors and mortality in LTCS. We included 6,057
LTCS of breast, colorectal or prostate cancer from a
multiple regions study in Germany. A healthy lifestyle score
(HLS) comprising alcohol consumption, body mass index (BMI),
physical activity and smoking was created and was classified
into tertiles with higher tertile indicating healthier
lifestyle. We used Cox proportional hazards regression to
examine the associations of individual lifestyle factors and
HLS with all-cause mortality among LTCS. A total of 2,015
death events occurred over a maximum follow-up period of
12.3 years. Compared with the lowest tertile, participants
in the middle and highest tertile experienced a $27\%$ and
$32\%$ lower mortality (middle [hazard ratio (HR), 0.73;
$95\%$ CI 0.65-0.83]; highest [HR, 0.68, $95\%$ CI
0.61-0.76]). A significant dose-response relationship was
observed (p- trend < 0.001). These associations were
consistent across different demographic and clinical
characteristics. In addition, full adherence to lifestyle
recommendations for smoking (HR, 0.51, $95\%$ CI 0.44-0.59),
physical activity (HR, 0.78, $95\%$ CI 0.70-0.86) and BMI
(HR, 0.87, $95\%$ CI 0.77-0.99) were significantly related
to a lower mortality, after full adjustment. Adherence to an
overall healthy lifestyle was associated with significantly
lower all-cause mortality in LTCS, emphasizing the
importance of maintaining and promoting a healthier
lifestyle among LTCS.},
keywords = {All-cause mortality (Other) / Cancer survivors (Other) /
Life style (Other) / Prospective study (Other)},
cin = {C071 / M320},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)C071-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)M320-20160331},
pnm = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:41579289},
doi = {10.1007/s10654-025-01350-6},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/308658},
}