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  • 1
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    Breast cancer following augmentation mammoplasty (United States) (2000)
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    Cancer causes & control 11 (2000), S. 819-827 
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    ISSN: 1573-7225
    Keywords: breast cancer ; breast implants ; incidence ; mortality ; prognosis ; silicone
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Objective:Although clinical reports have raised concern that breast implants may either increase the risk of breast cancer or delay its diagnosis, epidemiologic studies have generally shown implant recipients to be at a reduced risk of subsequent breast cancer. A large retrospective cohort study was undertaken to clarify effects of cosmetic breast implantation. Methods:Medical records of 13,488 women receiving cosmetic implants at 18 plastic surgery practices and a group of 3936 patients who received other types of plastic surgery at the same practices were reviewed and information abstracted. Questionnaires were sent to all subjects located as alive, with 71% being completed. Attempts were made to obtain medical verification for all reported cancers and to obtain death certificates for deceased subjects. Results:A total of 136 breast cancers were observed among the breast implant patients. External analyses, using general population rates from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program, resulted in 152.2 cases expected and a standardized incidence ratio (SIR) of 0.9 (95% CI 0.8–1.1). A comparable SIR was found for the other plastic surgery patients (SIR = 1.0, 95% CI 0.7–1.2). Internal analyses, directly comparing the implant patients with the other plastic surgery patients, showed a RR of 0.8 (95% CI 0.6–1.1). In neither the external nor internal analyses was there any systematic variation in risk by age or calendar year of initial implant. Risk also did not vary by years of follow-up or by type of implant. Risk was not affected by exclusion of patients who received their implants following surgery for benign breast disease. Although breast tumors tended to be detected at a somewhat later stage among the breast implant than the comparison patients, the difference was not statistically significant, nor was there any significant difference in breast cancer mortality between the two groups. Conclusions:Breast implants do not appear to alter the risk of subsequent breast cancer.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008941110816
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    Occupational physical activity, socioeconomic status, and risks of 15 cancer sites in Turkey (1993)
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    Cancer causes & control 4 (1993), S. 313-321 
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    ISSN: 1573-7225
    Keywords: Cancer ; case-control ; colon ; larynx ; melanoma ; occupation ; physical activity ; prostate ; rectum ; socioeconomic status ; Turkey
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: A multiple-site case-control study of 15 cancers (stomach; colon; rectum; larynx; lung; melanoma; skin; female breast; male breast; cervix; ovary; uterus; prostate; testis; and bladder) was conducted to evaluate their association with occupational physical activity and socioeconomic status (SES). A hospital-based study population (3,486 male cases and 379 female cases, and 2,127 male and 244 female controls) was established in an oncological treatment center in Istanbul, Turkey, from 1979–84. Assessment of physical activity and SES was based on job titles held by the study subjects. Two measures of physical activity were developed based on energy expenditure and ‘sitting time’ during working hours. Observed risks were adjusted for age, smoking, and SES. Elevated risks were observed among workers who held sedentary jobs for cancers of the colon (odds ratio [OR=1.6), rectum (OR=1.3), melanoma (OR=1.9), male breast (OR=1.4), prostate (OR=5.0), and ovary (OR=2.0). Cancers of the cervix and uterus showed significantly decreasing risks with decreased activity. Risks of cancers of the colon, rectum, larynx, ovary, and melanoma were enhanced after risks for physical activity indices were adjusted for SES, while the associations between physical activity and cancers of the prostate, cervix, and uterus were weakened after SES adjustment. Risks of melanoma rose significantly with both activity indices after SES adjustment. The results of this study support previously reported associations between physical activity and cancers of the colon and rectum observed in developed countries, and provide additional evidence for cancers of the larynx, prostate, cervix, uterus, and melanoma, and point out the importance of SES in evaluation of physical activity and cancers of the colon, rectum, larynx, prostate, breast, cervix, and melanoma in developing countries.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00051333
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    Multiple myeloma among blacks and Whites in the United States: the role of chronic antigenic stimulation (1994)
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    Cancer causes & control 5 (1994), S. 529-539 
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    ISSN: 1573-7225
    Keywords: Antigenic stimulation ; case-control study ; etiology ; multiple myeloma ; race ; United States
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Multiple myeloma (MM) is twice as common among Blacks than Whites in the United States. The reasons for this racial disparity are unknown, and the etiology of this cancer in general, is poorly understood. Repeated or chronic antigenic stimulation (CAS) of the immune system has been suggested as a risk factor. Previous case-control studies have reported inconsistent CAS associations based on evaluations of individual and biologic categories of medical conditions. Interview data from 573 cases and 2,131 population-based controls were used to investigate further the CAS hypothesis using an immunologically based approach, and to determine whether CAS accounts for the excess of myeloma among Blacks. Over 50 medical conditions were grouped into biologically and immunologically related categories, and B-cell-and T-cell-mediated response groups. Except for urinary tract infections among Black men (odds ratio [OR]=2.0), no significantly increased risks of MM were observed. However, there was a suggestion of increased risk among Blacks with an increased exposure to anaphylatic conditions. Analysis by immunoglobulin type revealed significantly elevated risks of IgG myeloma with eczema (OR=2.1), the biologic category ‘allergic conditions” (OR=1.6), and the immunologic category ‘anaphylaxis response’ (OR=1.6) among Whites, with Blacks having slightly lower risks. Our findings do not support a causal relationship between CAS and MM, nor do they explain the higher incidence among Blacks.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01831381
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    High bladder cancer mortality in rural New England (United States): An etiologic study (1995)
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    Cancer causes & control 6 (1995), S. 361-368 
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    ISSN: 1573-7225
    Keywords: Bladder neoplasm ; case-control study ; etiology ; leather industry ; textile industry ; occupational exposure ; United States
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: An interview study of next-of-kin of 325 persons who died of bladder cancer and 673 individuals who died of other causes in Vermont and New Hampshire (United States) was conducted to assess reasons for the persistent pattern of elevated bladder cancer mortality for both genders in rural New England. There was some evidence of elevated risks for both leather and textile workers that rose to over twofold for workers who also lived near these industries and for persons with French-Canadian ancestry. Occupational exposures in the textile and leather industry may explain at least a portion of the excess bladder cancer risk in rural New England.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00051412
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    Is breast size a predictor of breast cancer risk or the laterality of the tumor? (1993)
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    Cancer causes & control 4 (1993), S. 203-208 
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    ISSN: 1573-7225
    Keywords: Breast size ; breast cancer risk ; tumor laterality ; United States
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: The relationship of breast size both to breast cancer risk and to the laterality of the tumor was studied among 261 women diagnosed with breast cancer and 291 control subjects who were enrolled in the United States' Breast Cancer Detection and Demonstration Project from 1973 to 1980. Standardized measures of breast area were obtained by applying planimetry to bilateral screening mammograms taken four years before breast cancer was diagnosed in case subjects. The left breast was larger in 53 percent of women with breast cancer and in 60 percent of women in the control group; the difference in breast area by laterality was significant only among controls (P=0.01). To assess breast cancer risk, breast area was categorized by quartiles, with the lowest quartile being the referent group. Risk was increased minimally among women with the largest breast area (odds ratios = 0.9, 0.9, 1.2); however, the point estimates were not statistically significant and there was no evidence of a linear trend. Left-sided disease was diagnosed in 51 percent of women in the case group. Although the mean area of the breast with the malignancy did not differ significantly from the opposite breast, cancer developed in the larger breast of 57 percent of women with left- and 46 percent of women with right-sided disease. Breast size was associated with cancer of the left breast but not the right. However, these size differences were small since the area of the larger breast was less than 10 percent greater than the smaller breast among half of the case subjects. Further research is required to identify factors associated with the susceptibility of breast tissue to malignant transformation among women with unilateral disease.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00051314
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    Dietary associations in a case-control study of endometrial cancer (1993)
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    Cancer causes & control 4 (1993), S. 239-250 
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    ISSN: 1573-7225
    Keywords: Carbohydrate ; case-control study ; diet ; endometrial cancer ; fat ; protein ; United States
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Despite the established role of obesity in the etiology of endometrial cancer, limited data are available from analytical epidemiologic studies on the association of risk with dietary factors. A case-control study of 399 cases and 296 controls conducted in five areas of the United States from 1 June 1987 to 15 May 1990, enabled evaluation of risk related to dietary intakes adjusted for potential confounders. Caloric intake was associated modestly with increased risk (odds ratio [OR]=1.5,95 percent confidence interval [CI]=0.9–2.5 for highest cf lowest quartiles of intake), with the principal contributors being fat and protein calories. After adjustment for other risk factors, including body mass, increased risk was associated with higher intakes of fat. Several components of fat investigated were associated with increased risk, although associations were slightly stronger for saturated fat (OR=2.1, CI=1.2–3.7) and oleic acid (OR=2.2, CI=1.2–4.0) than for linoleic acid (OR=1.6, CI=0.9–2.8). Food-group analyses showed intake of complex carbohydrates—and specifically of breads and cereals—associated with reduced risks (OR=0.6, CI=0.4–1.1), whereas animal fat and fried foods were associated with elevated risks (OR=1.5 and 1.7, respectively). The relations of endometrial cancer with animal fat and complex carbohydrates were independent. No consistent associations were noted for intakes of cholesterol, fiber, vitamins A and C, individual carotenoids, or folate-rich foods. These data imply an etiologic role for a diet rich in total fat and/or animal fat and low in complex carbohydrates with endometrial cancer. These associations are consistent with a hormonal mechanism and were independent of the associations of obesity and other risk factors.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00051319
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    Tobacco use and prostate cancer in Blacks and Whites in the United States (1994)
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    Cancer causes & control 5 (1994), S. 221-226 
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    ISSN: 1573-7225
    Keywords: Case control ; neoplasms ; prostate ; race ; tobacco ; United States
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Prostate cancer occurs more frequently in Blacks than Whites in the United States. A population-based case-control study which investigated the association between tobacco use and prostate cancer risk was carried out among 981 pathologically confirmed cases (479 Blacks, 502 Whites) of prostate cancer, diagnosed between 1 August 1986 and 30 April 1989, and 1,315 controls (594 Blacks, 721 Whites). Study subjects, aged 40 to 79 years, resided in Atlanta (GA), Detroit (MI), and 10 counties in New Jersey, geographic areas covered by three, population-based, cancer registries. No excesses in risk for prostate cancer were seen for former cigarette smokers, in Blacks (odds ratio [OR]=1.1, 95 percent confidence interval [CI]=0.7–1.5) and in Whites (OR=1.2, CI=0.9–1.6), or for current cigarette smokers, in Blacks (OR=1.0, CI=0.7–1.4) and in Whites (OR=1.2, CI=0.8–1.7). Increases in risk were noted for smokers of 40 or more cigarettes per day, among former (OR=1.4, CI=1.0–1.5) and current (OR=1.5, CI=1.0–2.4) smokers. Duration of cigarette use and cumulative amount of cigarette use (pack-years) were not associated with prostate cancer risk for Blacks or Whites. By age, only the youngest subjects, aged 40 to 59 years, showed excess risk associated with current (OR=1.5, CI=1.0–2.3) and former (OR=1.7, CI=1.1–2.6) use of cigarettes, but there were no consistent patterns in this group according to amount or duration of smoking. Risks also were not elevated for former or current users of pipes, cigars, or chewing tobacco, but the risk associated with current snuff use was OR=5.5 (CI=1.2–26.2). This subgroup finding may have been due to chance. The results of the present study may be consistent with a small excess risk for prostate cancer associated with tobacco use, but the lack of consistent findings in population subgroups and the lack of a clear dose-response relationship argue more strongly that no causal association exists. The data do not indicate that the Black-White difference in prostate cancer risk is related to tobacco use.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01830240
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    Effect of twinship on incidence of cancer of the testis, breast, and other sites (Sweden) (1995)
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    Cancer causes & control 6 (1995), S. 519-524 
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    ISSN: 1573-7225
    Keywords: Breast cancer ; cancer ; hormones ; prenatal exposure ; Sweden ; testis cancer ; twins
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: It has been suggested that cancers of the testis and breast are associated with exposure to estrogens and other hormones in utero. Twin pregnancies have higher levels of pregnancy-associated hormones than singleton pregnancies, and these levels may be higher in dizygotic than in monozygotic twin pregnancies. Through a large population-based study of twins, we assessed the hypothesis that levels of pregnancy-associated hormones have etiologic importance for cancers of the testis, breast, and other sites. The incidence of all cancers among 46,767 members of the Swedish Twin Registry was compared with the incidence among the Swedish general population. We found testicular cancer excess among dizygotic twins (observed/expected [O/E] ratio=1.6, 95 percent confidence interval [CI]=1.0–2.6) that was greater for men younger than 35 years (O/E ratio=2.3, CI=1.1–4.2) compared with older men (O/E ratio = 1.2, CI=0.5–2.4). In addition, a substantially elevated incidence of breast cancer was observed in dizygotic twin women aged 20 to 29 years (O/E=6.7, CI=2.9–13.1). None of the other age or zygosity groups showed notable elevations in incidence of testicular, breast, or other cancers. We conclude that dizygotic twinship may be associated with cancer of the breast and testis among young adults. These findings support the concept that pregnancy hormones are associated with risk of testicular and breast cancer, although non-hormonal aspects of twin pregnancy that vary with respect to zygosity cannot be excluded as explanatory factors.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00054160
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    Menopausal estrogen and estrogen-progestin replacement therapy and risk of breast cancer (United States) (1994)
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    Cancer causes & control 5 (1994), S. 491-500 
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    ISSN: 1573-7225
    Keywords: Breast cancer ; estrogens ; hormone replacement therapy ; progestins ; United States
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract This study examines the relationship between menopausal estrogen and estrogen-progestin replacement therapy and risk of breast cancer, focusing on whether associations differ according to whether the tumors arein situ or invasive. Data are from a prospective study conducted 1980–89 on 49,017 selected participants in the Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project, a five-year screening program conducted between 1973 and 1980 in the United States. Overall, the rate ratio for estrogen-only use compared with no-hormone use was 1.0, and that for the estrogen-progestin combination was 1.2 (95 percent confidence interval [CI]=1.0–1.6). However, the associations differed according to whether the tumors werein situ or invasive. The rate ratios ofin situ breast cancer associated with use of estrogens alone and the combination regimen were 1.4 (CI=1.0–2.0) and 2.3 (CI=1.3–3.9), respectively. Duration of estrogen-only use also was associated with risk ofin situ tumors, with users for 10 or more years at twice the risk of nonusers (P-value for trend test =0.02). Duration of use was not associated with risk of in vaisve cancer. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that hormone replacement therapy is related to earlier-stage breast cancer; however, the possibility that the results reflect increased breast cancer surveillance among those taking hormones cannot be ruled out.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01831376
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    Serum concentrations of organochlorine compounds and endometrial cancer risk (United States) (1998)
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    Cancer causes & control 9 (1998), S. 417-424 
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    ISSN: 1573-7225
    Keywords: Endometrial cancer ; DDT ; PCB ; organochlorines ; United States ; women
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Objectives: Endogenous and exogenous estrogens are important in the development of endometrial cancer. Several organochlorine compounds, such as o,p′-DDT, have estrogenic properties. The objective of this case-control analysis was to examine serum concentrations of organochlorine compounds and risk of endometrial cancer. Methods: Analyses were based on a sample of 90 endometrial cancer cases and 90 individually matched community controls from a multicenter case-control study in five geographic regions of the United States. Information on potential confounders, including menstrual and reproductive factors, cigarette smoking, diet, and weight, was obtained by interview. Results: The adjusted relative risk of endometrial cancer in the highest quartile of exposure compared with women in the lowest quartile was 0.7 (95 percent confidence interval [CI] = 0.2-2.0) for p,p′-DDE, and 0.9 for total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) (CI = 0.4-2.5). Conclusions: These findings do not support the hypothesis that organochlorine compounds are linked to the development of endometrial cancer.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008823802393
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