2002
Radiation exposure from diagnostic and therapeutic treatments and risk of breast cancer
Zheng T, Holford TR, Mayne ST, Luo J, Owens PH, Zhang B, Zhang W, Zhang Y. Radiation exposure from diagnostic and therapeutic treatments and risk of breast cancer. European Journal Of Cancer Prevention 2002, 11: 229-235. PMID: 12131656, DOI: 10.1097/00008469-200206000-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerTherapeutic radiation treatmentRadiation treatmentOdds ratioTherapeutic radiationSkin problemsBreast cancer risk factorsRadiation exposureCancer risk factorsBreast cancer riskCase-control studyDiagnostic X-ray exposurePostmenopausal womenRisk factorsCancer riskHigh riskYounger ageTherapeutic treatmentCancerDiagnostic X-raysPerson interviewsTreatmentX-ray exposureRiskStructured questionnaire
2001
1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene and Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Breast Cancer: Combined Analysis of Five U.S. Studies
Laden F, Collman G, Iwamoto K, Alberg A, Berkowitz G, Freudenheim J, Hankinson S, Helzlsouer K, Holford T, Huang H, Moysich K, Tessari J, Wolff M, Zheng T, Hunter D. 1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene and Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Breast Cancer: Combined Analysis of Five U.S. Studies. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2001, 93: 768-775. PMID: 11353787, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/93.10.768.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer riskBreast cancerCancer riskRisk factorsEffect modificationOdds ratioBreast cancer risk factorsElevated breast cancer riskAssess effect modificationBody mass indexCancer risk factorsConfidence intervalsPooled odds ratioPotential risk factorsPlasma/serum concentrationsAssociation of levelsLarge U.S. studiesRandom-effects modelCase patientsMass indexMiddle tertileFifth quintilePooled analysisControl subjectsSerum concentrations