2000
Breast Cancer Risk Associated with Congeners of Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Zheng T, Holford TR, Tessari J, Mayne ST, Owens PH, Ward B, Carter D, Boyle P, Dubrow R, Archibeque-Engle S, Zahm SH. Breast Cancer Risk Associated with Congeners of Polychlorinated Biphenyls. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2000, 152: 50-58. PMID: 10901329, DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.1.50.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer riskCancer riskCovariate-adjusted odds ratioBreast Cancer Risk AssociatedCase-control studyBreast cancer casesBreast adipose tissueMean tissue levelsCancer Risk AssociatedLowest tertileThird tertileBreast diseaseOdds ratioBreast cancerCancer casesConnecticut womenAdipose tissueFurther stratificationSignificant associationStudy participantsTissue levelsNonhormonal activitiesBody levelEnvironmental exposuresSpecific PCB congenersOxychlordane and trans-nonachlor in breast adipose tissue and risk of female breast cancer.
Zheng T, Holford T, Tessari J, Mayne S, Zahm S, Owens P, Zhang B, Ward B, Carter D, Zhang Y, Zhang W, Dubrow R, Boyle P. Oxychlordane and trans-nonachlor in breast adipose tissue and risk of female breast cancer. Journal Of Cancer Epidemiology And Prevention 2000, 5: 153-60. PMID: 11051111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdipose tissue levelsBreast cancer riskFemale breast cancerBreast adipose tissueBreast cancerRisk factorsOdds ratioAdipose tissueBenign breast disease controlsFemale breast cancer riskPrimary breast cancer patientsCovariate-adjusted odds ratioEnvironmental exposuresProgesterone receptor statusBreast cancer patientsRecent epidemiological studiesMenopausal statusReceptor statusHighest quartileEpidemiological studiesCancerMajor metaboliteRiskStructured questionnaireOverall significant impact
1999
DDE and DDT in Breast Adipose Tissue and Risk of Female Breast Cancer
Zheng T, Holford T, Mayne S, Ward B, Carter D, Ownes P, Dubrow R, Zahm S, Boyle P, Archibeque S, Tessari J. DDE and DDT in Breast Adipose Tissue and Risk of Female Breast Cancer. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1999, 150: 453-458. PMID: 10472944, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer riskBreast adipose tissueTissue levelsCancer riskAdipose tissueBenign breast disease controlsIncident breast cancer casesYale-New Haven HospitalBreast-related surgeryAdipose tissue levelsFemale breast cancerCase-control studyBreast cancer casesMean tissue levelsLogistic regression modelsRank sum testHighest quartileSurgical specimenDichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) exposureOdds ratioBreast cancerCancer casesDisease controlSum testMean levelsβ‐Benzene hexachloride in breast adipose tissue and risk of breast carcinoma
Zheng T, Holford T, Mayne S, Owens P, Ward B, Carter D, Dubrow R, Zahm S, Boyle P, Tessari J. β‐Benzene hexachloride in breast adipose tissue and risk of breast carcinoma. Cancer 1999, 85: 2212-2218. PMID: 10326700, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990515)85:10<2212::aid-cncr16>3.0.co;2-f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast adipose tissueAdipose tissue levelsBreast carcinoma riskBreast carcinoma casesBreast carcinomaAdipose tissueCarcinoma casesCarcinoma riskTissue levelsBenign breast diseaseProgesterone receptor statusPatients age 40Association of exposurePrimary breast carcinomaLogistic regression modelsPostmenopausal womenMenopausal statusParous womenNulliparous womenReceptor statusHighest quartilePotential confoundersBreast diseaseΒ-benzene hexachlorideConnecticut women