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Dairy Products and Breast Cancer Risk
Bibliography

This bibliography is provided as a service to our readers. It is compiled from the entries in the BCERF Environmental Risk Factors Bibliographic Database.

This bibliography is arranged topically. The topics include:


Review Articles and Commentaries

Decker, E. A. (1995). The role of phenolics, conjugated linoleic acid, carnosine, and pyrroloquinoline quinone as nonessential dietary antioxidants. Nutrit Rev 53, 49-58.

Epstein, S. S. (1996). Unlabeled milk from cows treated with biosynthetic growth hormones: a case of regulatory abdication. International Journal of Health Services 26, 173-185.

Giovannucci, E., Stampfer, M. J., Colditz, G. A., Manson, J. E., Rosner, B. A., Longnecker, M., Speizer, F. E., and Willet, W. C. (1993). A comparison of prospective and retrospective assessments of diet in the study of breast cancer. American Journal of Epidemiology 137, 502- 511.

He, Y. (1999). Comment on the Association between Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I) and Bone Mineral Density: Further Evidence Linking IGF-I to Breast Cancer Risk. Journal of Cellular Endocrinology and Metabolism 84, 1760.

Hulka, B. S. (1989). Dietary fat and breast cancer: case-control and cohort studies. Preventive Medicine 18, 180-193.

Ip, C. (1997). Review of the effects of trans fatty acids, oleic acid, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and conjugated linoleic acid on mammary carcinogenesis in animals. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 66, 1523S-1529S.

Jain, M. (1998). Dairy foods, dairy fats and cancer: a review of epidemiological evidence. Nutrition Research 18, 905-937.

Juskevich, J. C., and Guyer, C. G. (1990). Bovine growth hormone: human food safety evaluation. Science 249, 875-884.

Lipkin, M., and Newmark, H. L. (1999). Vitamin D, calcium, and prevention of breast cancer: a review. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 18, 392S-397S.

Newmark, H. L. (1994). Vitamin D adequacy: a possible relationship to breast cancer. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 364, 109-114.

Outwater, J. L., Nicholson, A., and Barnard, N. (1997). Dairy products and breast cancer: the IGF-I, estrogen, and bGH hypothesis. Medical Hypotheses 48, 453-461.

Parodi, P. W. (1994). Conjugated linoleic acid: An anticarcinogenic fatty acid present in milk fat. Australian Journal of Dairy Technology 49, 93-97.

Parodi, P. W. (1997a). Milk fat conjugated linoleic acid: Can it help prevent breast cancer? Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of New Zealand 22, 137-149.

Parodi, P. W. (1997b). Cow's milk fat components as potential anticarcinogenic agents. Journal of Nutrition 127, 1055-1060.

Parodi, P. W. (1999). Conjugated linoleic acid and other anticarcinogenic agents of bovine milk fat. Journal of Dairy Science 82, 1339-1349.

Piantadosi, S. (1999). Vitamin A Analogue for Breast Cancer Prevention: A Grade of F or Incomplete? Journal of the National Cancer Institute 91, 1794.

Pollak, M. (1998). IGF-I physiology and breast cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research 152, 63-70

Simard, A., Vobecky, J., and Vobecky, J. S. (1991). Vitamin D deficiency and cancer of the breast: an unprovocative ecological hypothesis. Canadian Journal of Public Health 82, 300-303.

Smith, R. J. (1982). Hawaiian Milk Contamination Creates Alarm. Science 217, 136-140.

Human Studies: Clinical

Campbell, C., Luedecke, L. O., and Shultz, T. D. (1999). Yogurt consumption and estrogen metabolism in healthy premenopausal women. Nutrition Research 19, 531-543.

Human Epidemiological Studies

Allen, R. H., Gottlieb, M., Clute, E., Pongsiri, M. J., Sherman, J., and Obrams, G. I. (1997). Breast Cancer and Pesticides in Hawaii: The Need for Further Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 105, 679-683.

Armstrong, B. (1975). Environmental Factors and Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Different Countries, with Special Reference to Dietary Practices. International Journal of Cancer 15, 617- 631.

Barger-Lux, M. J., and Heaney, R. P. (1994). The role of calcium intake in preventing bone fragility, hypertension, and certain cancers. Journal of Nutrition 124, 1406S-1411S.

Boyd, N. F., Martin, L. J., Noffel, M., Lockwood, G. A., and Tritchler, D. L. (1993). A meta-analysis of studies of dietary fat and breast cancer risk. British Journal of Cancer 68, 627-636.

D'Avanzo, B., Negri, E., Gramenzi, A., Franceschi, S., Parazzini, F., Boyle, P., and La Vecchia, C. (1991). Fats in seasoning and breast cancer risk: an Italian case-control study. European journal of Cancer 27, 420-423.

Decarli, A., and La Vecchia, C. (1986). Environmental Factors and Cancer Mortality in Italy; correlational excercise. Oncology 43, 116-126.

Esther, M. J., Schwartz, G. G., Dreon, D. M., and Koo, J. (1999). Vitamin D and Breast Cancer Risk: The NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study, 1971-1975 to 1992. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 8, 399-406.

Gaskill, S. P. (1979). Breast cancer mortality and diet in the United States. Cancer Research 39, 3628-3637.

Graham, S., Marshall, J., Mettlin, C., Rzepka, T., Nemoto, T., and Byers, T. (1982). Diet in the epidemiology of breast cancer. American Journal of Epidemiology 116, 68-75.

Herbert, J. R., and Rosen, A. (1996). Nutritional, socioeconomic, and reproductive factors in relation to female breast cancer mortality: findings from a cross-national study. Cancer Detection and Prevention 20, 234-244.

Hirayama, T. (1978). Epidemiology of Breast Cancer with Special Reference to the Role of Diet. Preventive Medicine 7, 173-195.

Hunter, D. J., Manson, J. E., Colditz, G. A., Stampfer, M. J., Rosner, B., Hennekens, C. H., Speizer, F. E., and Willett, W. C. (1993). A prospective study of the intake of vitamins C, E, and A and the risk of breast cancer. The New England Journal of Medicine 329, 234-240.

Jarvinen, R., Knekt, P., Seppanen, R., and Teppo, L. (1997). Diet and breast cancer risk in a cohort of Finnish women. Cancer Letters 114, 251-253.

Kato, I., and al., a. e. (1987). Relationship between westernization of dietary habits and mortality from breast and ovarian cancers in Japan. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research 78, 349-357.

Knekt, P., Albanes, D., Seppanen, R., Aromaa, A., Jarvinen, R., Hyvonen, L., Teppo, L., and Pukkala, E. (1990). Dietary fat and risk of breast cancer. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 52, 903-908.

Knekt, P., Jarvinen, R., Seppanen, R., Pukkala, E., and Aromaa, A. (1996). Intake of dairy products and the risk of breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer 73, 687-691.

La Vecchia, C., and Pampallona, S. (1986). Age at First Birth, Dietary Practices and Breast Cancer Mortality in Various Italian Regions. Oncology 43, 1-6.

La Vecchia, C., Decarli, A., Parazzini, G., Gentile, A., Negri, E., Cecchetti, G., and Franceschi, S. (1987). General epidemiology of breast cancer in northern italy. International Journal of Epidemiology 16, 347-355.

Le Marchand, L., Kolonel, L. N., Siegel, B. Z., and Dendle, W. H. r. (1986). Trends in birth defects for a Hawaiian population exposed to heptachlor and for the United States. Archives of Environmental Health 41, 145-148.

Le, M. G., Moulton, L. H., Hill, C., and Kramer, A. (1986). Consumption of dairy produce and alcohol in a case-control study of breast cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 77, 633- 636.

Mettlin, C. J., Schoenfeld, E. R., and Natarajan, N. (1990). Patterns of milk consumption and risk of cancer. Nutrition and Cancer 13, 89.

Pryor, M., Slattery, M. L., Robison, L. M., and Egger, M. (1989). Adolescent diet and breast cancer in Utah. Cancer Research 49, 2161-2167.

Rohan, T. E., McMichael, A. J., and Baghurst, P. A. (1988). A population-based case-control study of diet and breast cancer in australia. American Journal of Epidemiology 128, 478-489.

Rose, D. P., Boyar, A. P., and Wynder, E. L. (1986). International comparisons of mortality rates for cancer of the breast, ovary, prostate, and colon, and per capita food consumption. Cancer 58, 2363-2371.

Serra-Majem, L., La Vecchia, C., Ribas-Barba, L., Prieto-Ramos, F., Lucchini, F., Ramon, J. M., and Salleras, L. (1993). Changes in diet and mortality from selected cancers in southern Mediterranean countries. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 47, S25-S34.

Stoll, B. A. (1998). Teenage obesity in relation to breast cancer risk. International Journal of Obesity Related Metabolic Disorders 22, 1035-1040.

Trichopoulou, A., Katsouyanni, K., Stuver, S., Tzala, L., Gnardellis, C., Rimm, E., and Trichopoulos, D. (1995). Consumption of olive oil and specific food groups in relation to breast cancer risk in Greece. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 87, 110-116.

Ursin, G., Bjelke, E., Heuch, I., and Vollset, S. E. (1990). Milk consumption and cancer incidence: a Norwegian prospective study. British Journal of Cancer 61, 454-459.

van't Veer, P., Van Leer, E. M., Rietdijk, A., Kok, F. J., Schouten, E. G., Hermus, R. J. J., and Sturmans, F. (1991). Combination of dietary factors in relation to breast-cancer occurrence. International Journal of Cancer 47, 649-653.

van't Veer, P., Dekker, J. M., Lamers, J. W. J., Kok, F. J., Schouten, E. G., Brants, H. A. M., Sturmans, F., and Hermus, R. J. J. (1989). Consumption of fermented milk products and breast cancer: a case-control study in The Netherlands. Cancer Research 49, 4020-4023.

van't Veer, P., Kampman, E., Schaafsma, G.-J., Spanhaak, S., and Ockhuizen, T. (1992). Fermented milk products and breast cancer: Results from epidemiology. Dynamic Nutrition Research 1, 77-87.

Weisburger, J. H., Rivenson, A., Garr, K., and Cesar, A. (1997). Tea, or tea and milk, inhibit mammary gland and colon carcinogenesis in rats. Cancer Letters 114, 323-327.

Westin, J. B. (1993). Carcinogens in Israeli milk: a study in regulatory failure. International Journal of Health Services 23, 497-517.

Willett, W. C. (1994). Micronutrients and cancer risk. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 59, 1162S - 1165S.

Yuan, J. M., Wang, Q. S., Ross, R. K., Henderson, B. E., and Yu, M. C. (1995). Diet and breast cancer in Shanghai and Tianjin, China. British Journal of Cancer 71, 1353-1358.

Zhang, S., Hunter, D. J., Forman, M. R., Rosner, B. A., Speizer, F. E., Colditz, G. A., Manson, J. E., Hankinson, S. E., and Willett, W. C. (1999). Dietary carotenoids and vitamins A, C, and E and risk of breast cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 91, 547-556.

Animal Studies

Anzano, M. A., Smith, J. M., Uskokovic, M. R., Peer, C. W., Mullen, L. T., Letterio, J. J., Welsh, M. C., Shrader, M. W., Logsdon, D. L., Driver, C. L., et al. (1994). 1-alpha, 25-dihydroxy-16-ene- 23-yne-26, 27-hexafluorocholecalciferol, a new deltanoid for prevention of breast cancer in the rat. Cancer Research 54, 1653-1656.

Banni, S., Angioini, E., Casu, V., Melis, M. P., Scrugli, S., Carta, G., Corongiu, F. P., and Ip, C. (1999b). An Increase in Vitamin A Status by the Feeding of Conjugated Linoleic Acid. Nutrition and Cancer 33, 53-57.

Banni, S., Angioni, E., Casu, V., Melis, M., Carta, G., Corongiu, P., Thompson, H., and Ip, C. (1999a). Decrease in linoleic acid metabolites as a potential mechanism in cancer risk reduction by conjugated linoleic acid. Carcinogenesis 20, 1019-1024.

Belobrajdic, D. P., McIntosh, G. H., and Parodi, P. W. (1998). Dietary butyrate inhibits induced mammary cancer in female rats. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia 22, 182.

Carroll, K. K., Jacobson, E. A., Eckel, L. A., and Newmark, H. L. (1991). Calcium and carcinogenesis in the mammary gland. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 54, 206S-208S.

Colston, K. W., Berger, U., and Coombes, R. C. (1989). Possible role for vitamin D in controlling breast cancer cell proliferation. Lancet 1, 188-191.

Fischer, S. M., Leyton, J., Lee, M. L., Locniskar, M., Belury, M. A., Maldve, R. E., Slaga, T. J., and Bechtel, D. H. (1992). Differential effects of dietary linoleic acid on mouse skin-tumor promotion and mammary carcinogenesis. Cancer Research 52, 2049s-2054s.

Gyawu, P., and Pope, G. S. (1983). Oestrogens in milk. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry 19, 877- 882.

Hakkak, R., Korourian, S., Shelnutt, S. R., Lensing, S., Ronis, M. J. J., and Badger, T. M. (2000). Diets containing whey proteins or so protein isolate protect against 7,12- dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced mammary tumors in female rats. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 9, 113-117.

Ip, C., and Scimeca, J. A. (1997). Conjugated linoleic acid and linoleic acid are distinctive modulators of mammary carcinogenesis. Nutrition and Cancer 27, 131-135.

Ip, C., Banni, S., Angioni, E., Carta, G., McGinley, J., Thompson, H. J., Barbano, D., and Bauman, D. (1999). Conjugated Linoleic Acid-Enriched Butter Fat Alters Mammary Gland Morphogenesis and Reduces Cancer Risk in Rats. American Society for Nutritional Sciences, 2135-2142.

Ip, C., Briggs, S. P., Haegele, A. D., Thompson, H. J., Storkson, J., and Scimeca, J. A. (1996). The efficacy of conjugated linoleic acid in mammary cancer prevention is independent of the level or type of fat in the diet. Carcinogenesis 17, 1045-1050.

Ip, C., Chin, S. F., Scimeca, J. A., and Pariza, M. W. (1991). Mammary cancer prevention by conjugated dienoic derivative of linoleic acid. Cancer Research 51, 6118-6124.

Ip, C., Jiang, C., Thompson, H. J., and Scimeca, J. A. (1997). Retention of conjugated linoleic acid in the mammary gland is associated with tumor inhibition during the post-initiation phase of carcinogenesis. Carcinogenesis 18, 755-759.

Ip, C., Scimeca, J. A., and Thompson, H. (1995). Effect of timing and duration of dietary conjugated linoleic acid on mammary cancer prevention. Nutrition and Cancer 24, 241-247.

Ip, C., Scimeca, J. A., and Thompson, H. J. (1994a). Conjugated linoleic acid. A powerful anticarcinogen from animal fat sources. Cancer 74, 1050-1054.

Ip, C., Singh, M., Thompson, H. J., and Scimeca, J. A. (1994b). Conjugated linoleic acid suppresses mammary carcinogenesis and proliferative activity of the mammary gland in the rat. Cancer Research 54, 1212-1215.

Jacobson, E. A., James, K. A., Newmark, H. L., and Carroll, K. K. (1989). Effects of dietary fat, calcium, and vitamin D on growth and mammary tumorigenesis induced by 7,12- dimethylbenz(a)anthracene in female Sprague-Dawley rats. Cancer Research 49, 6300-6303.

Josyula, S., and Schut, H. A. J. (1998). Effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid on DNA adduct formation of PhIP and IQ after bolus administration to female F344 rats. Nutrition Cancer 32, 139- 145.

Kelly, M. L., Kolver, E. S., Bauman, D. E., Van Amburgh, M. E., and Muller, L. D. (1998). Effect of intake of pasture on concentrations of conjugated linoleic acid in milk of lactating cows. Journal of Dairy Science 81, 1630-1636.

Khan, N., Yang, K., Newmark, H., Wong, G., Telang, N., Rivlin, R., and Lipkin, M. (1994). Mammary ductal epithelial cell hyperproliferation and hyperplasia induced by a nutritional stress diet containing four components of a western-style diet. Carcinogenesis 15, 2645-2648.

Klurfeld, D. M., Weber, M. M., and Kritchevsky, D. (1984). Comparison of dietary carbohydrates for promotion of DMBA-Induced mammary tumorigensis in rats. Carcinogenesis 5, 423-425.

Malven, P. V., Head, H. H., Collier, R. J., and Buonomo, F. C. (1987). Periparturient changes in secretion and mammary uptake of insulin and in concentrations of insulin and insulin-like growth factors in milk of dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science 70, 2254-2265.

Moon, R., and Constantinou, A. I. (1997). Dietary retinoids and carotenoids in rodent models of mammary tumorigenesis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 46, 181-189.

Reddy, B. S., and Rivenson, A. (1993). Inhibitory effect of bifidobacterium longum on colon, mammary, and liver carcinogenesis induced by 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline, a food mutagen. Cancer Research 53, 3914-3918.

Rice, L. J., Chai, Y.-J., Conti, C. J., Willis, R. A., and Locniskar, M. F. (1995). The effect of dietary fermented milk products and lactic acid bacteria on the initiation and promotion stages of mammary carcinogenesis. Nutrition and Cancer 24, 99-109.

Ritskes-Hoitinga, J., Meijers, M., Timmer, W. G., Wiersma, A., Meijer, G. W., and Weststrate, J. A. (1996). Effects of two dietary fat levels and four dietary linoleic acid levels on mammary tumor development in Balb/c-MMTV mice under ad libitum feeding conditions. Nutrition and Cancer 25, 161-172.

Takano, T., and al, a. e. (1985). Effects of feeding sour milk on longevity and tumourigenesis in mice and rats. Bifidobacteria and Microflora 4, 31.

Thompson, H., Zhu, Z., Banni, S., Darcy, K., Loftus, T., and Ip, C. (1997). Morphological and biochemical status of the mammary gland as influenced by conjugated linoleic acid: Implication for a reduction in mammary cancer risk. Cancer Research 57, 5067-5072.

Visonneau, S., Cesano, A., Tepper, S. A., Scimeca, J. A., Santoli, D., and Kritchevsky, D. (1997). Conjugated linoleic acid suppresses the growth of human breast adenocarcinoma cells in SCID mice. Anticancer Research 17, 969-973.

Wong, M. W., Chew, B. P., Wong, T. S., Hosick, H. L., Boylston, T. D., and Shultz, T. D. (1997). Effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid on lymphocyte function and growth of mammary tumors in mice. Anticancer Research 17, 987-993.

Xue, L., Lipkin, M., Newmark, H., and Wang, J. (1999). Influence of dietary calcium and vitamin D on diet-induced epithelial cell hyperproliferation in mice. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 91, 176-181.

Xue, L., Newmark, H., Yang, K., and Lipkin, M. (1996). Model of mouse mammary gland hyperproliferation and hyperplasia induced by a western-style diet. Nutrition and Cancer 26, 281- 287.

Yanagi, S., Yamashita, M., and Imai, S. (1993). Sodium butyrate inhibits the enhancing effect of high fat diet on mammary tumorigenesis. Oncology 50, 201-204.

Yanagi, S., Yamashita, M., Ogoshi, K., and Imai, S. (1994). Comparative effects of milk, yogurt, butter, and margarine on mammary tumorigenesis induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene in rats. Cancer Detection and Prevention 18, 415-420.

Yanagi, S., Yamashita, M., Tsuyuki, M., Morimoto, J., Haga, S., and Imai, S. (1992). Milk cream does not enhance 2,7-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced mammary tumorigenesis. Cancer Letters 61, 141-145.

In Vitro Studies

Biffi, A., Coradini, D., Larsen, R., Riva, L., and Di Fronzo, G. (1997). Antiproliferative effect of fermented mil on the growth of a human breast cancer cell line. Nutrition and Cancer 28, 93-99.

Chin, S. F., Liu, W., Storkson, J. M., Ha, Y. L., and Pariza, M. W. (1992). Dietary sources of conjugated dienoic isomers of linoleic acid, a newly recognized class on anticarcinogenes. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 5, 185-197.

Christakos, S., Sori, A., Greenstein, S. M., and Murphy, T. F. (1983). Sucrose Density Gradient Analysis of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Binding in Human Breast Tumors. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 56, 686-691.

Coradini, D., Pellizzaro, C., Miglierini, G., Daidone, M. G., and Perbellini, A. (1999). Hyaluronic acid as drug delivery for sodium butyrate: improvement of the anti-proliferative activity on a breast-cancer cell line. International Journal of Cancer 81, 411-416.

Cunningham, D. C., Harrison, L. Y., and Shultz, T. D. (1997). Proliferative responses of normal human mammary and MCF-7 breast cancer cells to linoleic acid, conjugated linoleic acid and eicosanoid synthesis inhibitors in culture. Anticancer Research 17, 197-203.

DeLeon, D., and all, a. e. (1992). Effects of insulin-like growth factors and IGF receptor antibodies on the proliferation of human breast cancer cells. Growth Factors 6, 327-336.

desBordes, C., and Lea, M. A. (1995). Effects of C18 fatty acid isomers on DNA synthesis in hepatoma and breast cancer cells. Anticancer Research 15, 2017-2021.

Durgam, V. R., and Fernandes, G. (1997). The growth inhibitory effect of conjugated linoleic acid on MCF-7 cells is related to estrogen response system. Cancer Letters 116, 121-130.

Frodin, M., and Gammeltoft, S. (1994). Insulin-like growth factors act synergistically with basic fibroblast growth factor and nerve growth factor to promote chromaffin cell proliferation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science q 1771-1775.

Holdaway, I. M., Mason, B. H., Lethaby, A. E., Singh, V., Harman, J. E., MacCormick, M., and Civil, I. D. (1999). Serum levels of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 in benign and malignant breast disease. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 69, 495-500.

Kolar, Z., Negrin, R., and Lisato, L. (1989). Effect of some sugars on the growth and differentiation of MCF-7 cells: I. Detection of glycosylative changes using lectin histochemistry. Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis Facultatis Medicae 122, 113-120.

Rosfjord, E. C., and Dickson, R. B. (1999). Growth factors, apoptosis, and survival of mammary epithelial cells. Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia 4, 229-237.

Shultz, T. D., Chew, B. P., and Seaman, W. R. (1992b). Differential stimulatory and inhibitory responses of human MCF-7 breast cancer cells to linoleic acid and conjugated linoleic acid in culture. Anticancer Research 12, 2143-2145.

Shultz, T. D., Chew, B. P., Seaman, W. R., and Luedecke, L. O. (1992a). Inhibitory effect of conjugated dienoic derivatives of linoleic acid and beta-carotene on the in vitro growth of human cancer cells. Cancer Letters 63, 125-133.

Yee, D. (1992). Can the insulin-like growth factors regulate breast cancer growth? Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 22, 3-5.

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Prepared by Barbour Warren, Ph.D., Research Associate., BCERF.

We will make every effort to update this bibliography. If you have comments on this bibliography, or have a suggestion of a reference you would like us to review for inclusion in the bibliography, please send this information via email to: breastcancer@cornell.edu