CHICAGO, Dec. 7 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news release:

Social isolation and related stress could contribute to human breast cancer susceptibility, according to research using a rat model designed at the University of Chicago to identify environmental contributions to cancer risk.

The researchers found that isolation and stress result in a 3.3-fold increase in the risk of developing cancer among rats with naturally occurring mammary tumors.

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