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Comment author: Crux 10 October 2015 05:07:38PM *  0 points [-]

Both conditions greatly decrease the body's ability to repair and heal. If you believe that the body has any sort of immune response to the proliferation of cancerous cells, then it would follow that stress and sleep deprivation would increase the likelihood of getting cancer.

I don't have an estimate for how much of a factor this is besides noting it as simply one more reason to make sure to avoid chronic stress and sleep deprivation.