
Chronic stress biomarker allostatic load links to higher under-50 cancer risk, offering a simple lab-based tool to improve prevention and screening.
Ravi B. Parikh, MD, MPP is an assistant professor of medicine and an assistant professor of medical ethics and health policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Chronic stress biomarker allostatic load links to higher under-50 cancer risk, offering a simple lab-based tool to improve prevention and screening.

Explore how allostatic load, using routine labs and vitals, may strengthen early-onset cancer risk prediction and guide earlier prevention in community oncology.

Allostatic load links chronic stress and social factors to early-onset cancer risk, offering a measurable path to improve risk models and prevention strategies.

ASCO 2026 data link chronic-stress allostatic load to higher early-onset cancer risk, suggesting new tools for screening beyond genetics.

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