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

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.

Ravi Parikh, MD, MPP, discusses findings and implications of a study exploring algorithm-based palliative care recommendations.