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A Woman's Body Type and the Risk of Breast Cancer
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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

Ballard-Barbash, R. (1994). Anthropometry and breast cancer. Cancer 74, 1090-1100.

Ballard-Barbash, R., Birt, D. F., Kestin, M., and King, I. B. (1997). Perspectives on integrating experimental and epidemiologic research on diet, anthropometry and breast cancer. Journal of Nutrition 127, 936S-939S.

Bray, G. A. (1997). Progress in understanding the genetics of obesity. Journal of Nutrition 127, 940S-942S.

Cold, S., Hansen, S., Overvad, K., and Rose, C. (1998). A women's build and the risk of breast cancer. European Journal of Cancer 34, 1163-1174.

Flegal, K. M., Troiano, R. P., and Ballard-Barbash, R. (2001). Aim for a healthy weight: what is the target? Journal of Nutrition 131, 440S-450S.

Friedenreich, C. M. (2001). Review of anthropometric factors and breast cancer risk. European Journal of Cancer Prevention 10, 15-32.

Hunter, D. J., and Willett, W. C. (1993). Diet, body size, and breast cancer. Epidemiologic Reviews 15, 110-129.

Levin, B. E. (2000). The obesity epidemic: Metabolic imprinting on genetically susceptible neural circuits. Obesity Research 8, 342-247.

McTiernan, A. (2000). Associations between energy balance and body mass index and risk of breast carcinoma in women from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds in the U. S. Cancer 88, 1248-1255.

Waard, F. D. (1975). Breast cancer incidence and nutritional status with particular reference to body weight and height. Cancer Research 35, 3351-3356.

Ziegler, R. G. (1997). Anthropometry and breast cancer. Journal of Nutrition 127, 924S-928S.

Human Epidemiologic Studies

Adami, H. O., Rimsten, A., Stenkvist, B., and Vegelius, J. (1977). Influence of height, weight and obesity on risk of breast cancer in an unselected Swedish population. British Journal of Cancer 36, 787-792.

Adams-Campbell, L. L., Kim, S. K., Dunston, G., Laing, A. E., Bonney, G., and Demenais, F. (1996). The relationship of body mass index to reproductive factors in pre- and postmenopausal african-american women with and without breast cancer. Obesity Research 4, 451-456.

Ballard-Barbash, R., and A., S. C. (1996). Body weight: Estimation of risk for breast and andometrial cancers. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 63, 437S-441S.

Bastarrachea, J., Hortobagyi, G. N., Smith, T. L., Hau, S. W., and Buzdar, A. U. (1994). Obesity as an adverse prognostic factor for patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. Annals of Internal Medicine 120, 18-25.

Bezerra, A., Azevedo, G., and Sichieri, R. (2001). Height, weight, weight change and risk of breast cancer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sao Paulo Medical Journal 119, 62-66.

Bjorntorp, P. (1997). Body fat distribution, insulin resistance, and metabolic diseases. Nutrition 13, 795-803.

Brandt, P. A., Speigelman, D., Yaun, S., Adami, H., Beesman, L., Folsom, A. B., Fraser, G., Goldbohm, R. A., Graham, S., Kushi, L., et al. (2000). Pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies on height, weight, and breast cancer risk. American Journal of Epidemiology 152, 514-527.

Brisson, J., Morrison, A. S., Kopans, D. S., Sadowsky, N. L., Kalisher, L., Twaddle, J. A., Meyer, J. E., Henschke, C. I., and Cole, P. (1984). Height and weight, mammographic features of breast cancer tissue, and breast cancer risk. American Journal of Epidemiology 119, 371-381.

Bruning, P. F., Bonfrer, J. M., Hart, A. A., Noord, P. A., Hoeven, H., Collette, H. J., Battermann, J. J., Jong-Bakker, M., Nooijen, W. J., and Waard, F. (1992). Body measurements, estrogen availability and the risk of human breast cancer: a case-control study. International Journal of Cancer 51, 14-19.

Camoriano, J. K., Loprinzi, C. L., Ingle, J. N., Therneau, T. M., Krook, J. E., and Veeder, M. H. (1990). Weight change in women treated with adjuvant therapy or observed following mastectomy for node-postive breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 8, 1327-1334.

Chang, S., Buzdar, A. U., and Hursting, S. D. (1998). Inflammatory breast cancer and body mass index. Journal of Clinical Oncology 16, 3731-3735.

Choi, N. W., Howe, G. R., Miller, A. B., Matthews, V., Morgan, R. W., Munan, L., Berch, J. D., Feather, J., Jain, M., and Kelly, A. (1978). An epidemiologic study of breast cancer. American Journal of Epidemiology 107, 510-521.

Cleary, M. P., and Maihle, N. J. (1997). The role of body mass index in the relative risk of developing premenopausal versus postmenopausal breast cancer. Proceedings of Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 216, 28-43.

Coates, R. J., Uhler, R. J., Hall, H. I., Potischman, N., Brinton, L. A., Ballard-Barbash, R., Gammon, M. D., Brogan, D. R., Daling, J. R., Malone, K. E., et al. (1999). Risk of breast cancer in young women in relation to body size and weight gain in adolescence and early adulthood. British Journal of Cancer 81, 167-174.

Daniell, H. W. (1988). Increase lymph node metastases at mastectomy for breast cancer associated with host obesity, cigarette smoking, age, and large tumor size. Cancer 62, 429-435.

Demark-Wahnefried, W., Rimer, B. K., and Winer, E. P. (1997). Weight gain in women diagnosed with breast cancer. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 97, 519-526.

Dupont, W. D., and Page, D. L. (1987). Breast cancer risk associated with proliferative disease, age at first birth, and a family history of breast cancer. American Journal of Epidemiology 125, 769-779.

Eberlein, T., Simon, R., Fisher, S., and Lippman, M. E. (1985). Height, weight, and risk of breast cancer relapse. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 5, 81-85.

Egan, K. M., Newcomb, P. A., Titus-Ernstoff, L., Trentham-Dietz, A., Baron, J. A., Willett, W. C., Stampfer, M. J., and Trichopoulos, D. (1999). The relation of breast size to breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women. Cancer Causes and Control 10, 115-118.

Folsom, A. R., Kaye, S. A., Prineas, R. J., Potter, J. D., Gapstur, S. M., and Wallace, R. B. (1990). Increased incidence of carcinoma of the breast associated with abdominal adiposity in postmenopausal women. American Journal of Epidemiology 131, 794-803.

Galanis, D. J., N., K. L., Lee, J., and Le Marchand, L. (1998). Anthropometric predictors of breast cancer incidence and survival in a multiethnic cohort of female residents of Hawaii, United States. Cancer Causes and Control 9, 217-224.

Hall, I. H., Coates, R. J., Uhler, R. J., Brinton, L. A., Gammon, M. D., Brogan, D., Potischman, N., Malone, K. E., and Swanson, C. A. (1999). Stage of breast cancer in relation to body mass index and bra cup size. International Journal of Cancer 82, 23-27.

Herbert, J. R., Augustine, A., Barone, J., Kabat, G. C., Kinne, D. W., and Wynder, E. L. (1988). Weight, height and body mass index in the prognosis of breast cancer: Early results of a prospective study. International Journal of Cancer 42, 315-318.

Hirose, K., Tajma, K., Hamajima, N., Takezaki, T., Inoue, M., Kuroishi, T., Miura, S., and Tokudome, S. (1999). Effect of body size on breast-cancer risk among Japanese women. International Journal of Cancer 80, 349-355.

Holmberg, L., Lund, E., Bergstrom, R., Adami, H., and Meirik, O. (1994). Oral contraceptives and prognosis in breast cancer: effects of duration, latency, recency, age at first use and relation to parity and body mass index in young women with breast cancer. European Journal of Cancer 30A, 351-354.

Hsieh, C. C., and Trichopoulos, D. (1991). Breast size, handedness, and breast cancer risk. European Journal of Cancer 27, 131-135.

Hsieh, C.-C., Trichopoulos, D., Katsouyanni, K., and Yuasa, S. (1990). Age at menarche, age at menopause, height and obesity as risk factors for breast cancer: Associations and interactions in an international case-control study. International Journal of Cancer 46, 796-800.

Huang, Z., Hankinson, S. E., Colditz, G. A., Stampfer, M. J., Hunter, D. J., Manson, J. E., Hennekens, C. H., Rosner, B., Speizer, F. E., and Willett, W. C. (1997). Dual effects of weight and weight gain on breast cancer risk. Journal of the American Medical Association 278, 1407-1411.

Huang, Z., Willett, W. C., Colditz, G. A., Hunter, D. J., Manson, J. E., Rosner, B., Speizer, F. E., and Hankinson, S. E. (1999). Waist circumference, waist:hip ratio, and risk of breast cancer in the Nurses' Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology 150, 1316-1324.

Isaacs, C., Stearns, V., and Hayes, D. F. (2001). New prognostic factors for breast cancer recurrences. Seminars in Oncology 28, 53-67.

Jasienska, G., Thune, I., and Ellison, P. T. (2000). Energetic factors, ovarian steroids and the risk of breast cancer. European Journal of Cancer Prevention 9, 231-239.

Jensen, M. (1997). Health consequences of fat distribution. Hormone Research 48, 88-92.

Kaaks, R., Van Noord, P. A. H., Tonkelaar, I. D., Peeters, P. H. M., Riboli, E., and Grobbee, D. (1998). Breast-cancer incidence in relation to height, weight and body-fat distribution in the Dutch "dom" cohort. International Journal of Cancer 76, 647-651.

Kahn, S. E., Prigeon, R. L., Schwartz, R. S., Fujimoto, W. Y., Knopp, R. H., Bruzell, J. D., and Porte, D. J. (2001). Obesity, body fat distribution, insulin sensitivity and islet B-cell function as explanations for metabolic diversity. Journal of Nutrition 131, 354S-360S.

Katariya, R. N., Forrest, A. P., and Gravelle, I. H. (1974). Breast volumes in cancer of the breast. British Journal of Cancer 29, 270-273.

Kato, I., Beinart, C., Bleich, A., Su, S., Kim, M., and Toniolo, P. G. (1995). A nested case-control study of mammographic patterns, breast volume, and breast cancer (New York city, NY, United States). Cancer Causes and Control 6, 431-438.

Katoh, A., Watzlaf, V. J. M., and Amico, F. D. (1994). An examination of obesity and breast cancer survival in post-menopausal women. British Journal of Cancer 70, 928-933.

Kelsey, J. L., and Baron, J. (1997). Weight and risk for breast cancer. Journal of the American Medical Association 278, 1407-1411.

Kelsey, J. L., and Baron, J. (1997). Weight and risk for breast cancer. Journal of the American Medical Association 278, 1407-1411.

Kolonel, L. N., Nomura, A. M., Lee, J., and Hirohata, T. (1986). Anthropometric indicators of breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women in Hawaii. Nutrition and Cancer 8, 247-256.

Kumar, N. B., Cantor, A., Allen, K., and Cox, C. E. (2000). Android obesity at diagnosis and breast carcinoma survival. Cancer 88, 2751-2757.

Kumar, N. B., Lyman, G. H., Allen, K., Cox, C. E., and Schapira, D. V. (1995). Timing of weight gain and breast cancer risk. Cancer 76, 243-249.

Kvale, G., Heuch, I., and Nilssen, S. (1992). Age at menarche and obesity as risk factors for breast cancer. Evidence of an interaction. International Journal of Cancer 51, 839.

Kwa, H. G., Cleton, F., Bulbrook, R. D., Wang, D. Y., and Hayward, J. L. (1981). Plasma prolactin levels and breast cancer: relation to parity, weight and height, and age at first birth. International Journal of Cancer 28, 31-34.

Kyogoku, S., Hirohata, T., Takeshita, S., Hirota, Y., and Shigematsu, T. (1990). Anthropometric indicators of breast cancer risk in Japanese women in Fukuoka. Japanese Journal of Cancer 81, 731-737.

La Vecchia, C., Negri, E., Franceschi, S., Talamini, R., Bruzzi, P., Palli, D., and Decarli, A. (1997). Body mass index and post-menopausal breast cancer: An age-specific analysis. British Journal of Cancer 75, 441-444.

Li, C. I., Malone, K. E., White, E., and Daling, J. R. (1997). Age when maximum height is reached as a risk factor for breast cancer among young U.S. women. Epidemiology 8, 559-565.

Li, C. I., Stanford, J. L., and Daling, J. R. (2000). Anthropometric variables in relation to risk of breast cancer in middle-aged women. International Journal of Epidemiology 29, 208-213.

Lipworth, L., Adami, H., Trichopoulos, D., Carlstrom, K., and Mantzoros, C. (1995). Serum steroid hormone levels, sex hormone-binding globulin, and body mass index in the etiology of postmenopausal breast cancer. Epidemiology 7, 96-100.

London, S. J., Colditz, G. A., Stampfer, M. J., Willett, W. C., Rosner, B. A., and Speizer, F. E. (1989). Prospective study of smoking and the risk of breast cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 81, 1625-1631.

Maehle, B. O., and Tretli, S. (1996). Pre-morbid body-mass-index in breast cancer: reversed effect on survival in hormone receptor negative patients. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 41, 123-130.

Magnusson, C., Baron, J., Persson, I., Wolk, A., Bergstrom, R., Trichopoulos, D., and Adami, H. (1998). Body size in different periods of life and breast cancer risk in post-menopausal women. International Journal of Cancer 76, 29-34.

Manjer, J., Kaaks, R., Riboli, E., and Berglund, G. (2001). Risk of breast cancer in relation to anthropometry, blood pressure, blood lipids and glucose metabolism: A prospective study within the Malmo Preventive Project. European Journal of Cancer Prevention 10, 33-42.

Mannisto, S., Pietinen, P., Pyy, M., Palmgren, J., Eskelinen, M., and M., U. (1996). Body-size indicators and risk of breast cancer according to menopause and estrogen-receptor status. International Journal of Cancer 68, 8-13.

Mannisto, S., Pietinen, P., Pyy, M., Palmgren, J., Eskelinen, M., and M., U. (1996). Body-size indicators and risk of breast cancer according to menopause and estrogen-receptor status. International Journal of Cancer 68, 8-13.

Negri, E., Vecchia, C. L., Bruzzi, P., Dadanoni, G., Decarli, A., Palli, D., Parazzini, F., and Turco, M. R. D. (1988). Risk factors for breast cancer: pooled results from three Italian case-control studies. American Journal of Epidemiology 128, 1207-1215.

Nestler, J. E. (2000). Obesity, insulin, sex steroids and ovulation. International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders 24, S71-S73.

Newman, S. C., Lees, A. W., and Jenkins, H. J. (1997). The effect of body mass index and oestrogen receptor level on survival of breast cancer patients. International Journal of Epidemiology 26, 484-490.

Obermair, A., Kurz, C., Hanzal, E., Bancher-Todesca, D., Thoma, M., Bodish, A., Kubista, E., Kyral, E., Kaider, A., and Sevelda, P. (1995). The influence of obesity on the disease-free survival in primary breast cancer. Anticancer Research 15, 2265-2269.

Olson, J. E., Anderson, K. E., Cerhan, J. R., Follsom, A. R., and Sellers, T. A. (2000). An investigation of the biological basis of an interaction of abdominal fat distribution and family history of breast cancer. A nested study of sisters in the Iowa women's health study (united states). Cancer Causes and Control 11, 941-954.

Olson, J. E., Atwood, L. D., Grabrick, D. M., Vachon, C. M., and Sellers, T. A. (2001). Evidence for a major gene influence on abdominal fat distribution: The Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study. Genetic Epidemiology 20, 458-454-478.

Palmer, J. R., Rosenberg, L., Harlap, S., Strom, B. L., Warshauer, M. E., Zauber, A. G., and Shapiro, S. (1995). Adult height and risk of breast cancer among US black women. American Journal of Epidemiology 141, 845-849.

Sala, E., Warren, R., McCann, J., Duffy, S., Luben, R., and Day, N. (1999). High-risk mammographic parenchymal patterns and anthropometric measures: a case-control study. British Journal of Cancer 81, 1257-1261.

Schapira, D. V., Clark, R. A., Wolff, P. A., Jarrett, A. R., Kumer, N. B., and Aziz, N. M. (1994). Visceral obesity and breast cancer risk. Cancer 74, 632-639.

Schapira, D. V., Kumar, N. B., and Lyman, G. H. (1993). Variation in body fat distribution and breast cancer risk in the families of patients with breast cancer and control families. Cancer 71, 2764-2768.

Schapira, D. V., Kumar, N. B., Lyman, G. H., and Cox, C. E. (1990). Abdominal obesity and breast cancer risk. Annals of Internal Medicine 112, 182-186.

Schreier, L. E., Berg, G. A., Bastilio, F. M., Lopez, G. I., Etkin, A. E., and Wikinski, R. L. (1999). Lipoprotein alterations, abdominal fat distribution and breast cancer. Biochemical and Molecular Biology International 47, 681-690.

Senie, R. T., Rosen, P. P., Rhodes, P., Lesser, M. L., and Kinne, D. W. (1992). Obesity at diagnosis of breast carcinoma influences duration of disease-free survival. Annals of Internal Medicine 116, 26-32.

Senie, R. T., Saftlas, A. F., Brinton, L. A., and Hover, R. N. (1993). Is breast size a predictor of breast cancer risk or the laterality of the tumor. Cancer Causes and Control 4, 203-208.

Swanson, C. A., Jones, D. Y., Schatzkin, A., Brinton, L. A., and Ziegler, R. G. (1988). Breast cancer risk assessed by anthropometry in the NHANES I epidemiological follow-up study. Cancer Research 48, 5363-5364.

Tavani, A., Pregnolato, A., La Vecchina, C., Negri, E., Favero, A., and Franceschi, S. (1996). Breast size and breast cancer risk. European Journal of Cancer Prevention 5, 337-342.

Tchernof, A., and Despres, J. P. (2000). Sex steroid hormones, sex hormone-binding globulin, and obesity in men and women. Hormone and Metabolic Research 32, 526-536.

Thurfjell, E., Hsieh, C. C., Lipworth, L., Ekbom, A., Adami, H. O., and Trichopoulos, D. (1996). Breast size and mammographic pattern in relation to breast cancer risk. European Journal of Cancer Prevention 5, 37-41.

Tonkelaar, I. D., Seidell, J. C., Collette, H. J. A., and Waard, F. D. (1994). A prospective study on obesity and subcutaneous fat patterning in relation to breast cancer in post-menopausal women participating in the DOM project. British Journal of Cancer 69, 352-357.

Tonkelaar, I. D., Seidell, J. C., Collette, H. J. A., and Waard, F. D. (1992). Obesity and subcutaneous fat patterning in relation to breast cancer in postmenopausal women participating in the diagnostic investigation of mammary cancer project. Cancer 69, 2663-2667.

Tornberg, S. A., Holm, L. E., and Carstensen, J. M. (1988). Breast cancer risk in relation to serum cholesterol serum beta-lipoprotein, height, weight, and blood pressure. Acta Oncologica 27, 31-37.

Trentham-Diaz, A., Newcomb, P. A., Egan, K. M., Titus-Ernstoff, L., Baron, J. A., Storer, B. E., Stampfer, M., and Willett, W. C. (2000). Weight change and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer (United States). Cancer Causes and Control 11, 533-542.

Tretli, S. (1989). Height and weight in relation to breast cancer morbidity and mortality, a prospective study of 570,000 women in Norway. International Journal of Cancer 44, 23-30.

Tretli, S., Haldorsen, T., and Ottestad, L. (1990). The effect of pre-morbid height and weight on the survival of breast cancer patients. British Journal of Cancer 62, 299-303.

Ursin, G., Longnecker, M. P., Haile, R. W., and Greenland, S. (1995). A meta-analysis of body mass index and risk of premenopausal breast cancer. Epidimiology 6, 137-141.

van den Brandt, P., Dirx, M. J. M., Ronchers, C. M., van den Hoogen, P., and Goldbohm, R. A. (1997). Height, Weight, weight change, and postmenopausal breast cancer risk: the Netherlands cohort study. Cancer Causes and Control 8, 39-47.

Varela, G., Carbajal, A., Nunez, C., Belmonte, S., and Moreiras, O. (1996). Influence of energetic intake and body mass rate on breast cancer incidence. Case-control study on three hospitable spanish populations. Hospital Nutrition 11, 54-58.

Vatten, L. J., and Kvinnsland, S. (1990). Body height and risk of breast cancer. a prospective study of 23,831 Norwegian women. British Journal of Cancer 61, 881-885.

Vatten, L. J., and Kvinnsland, S. (1992). Prospective study of height, body mass index and risk of breast cancer. Acta Oncologica 31, 195-200.

Verreault, R., Brisson, J., Deschenes, L., and Naud, F. (1989). Body weight and prognostic indicators in breast cancer. Modifying effect of estrogen receptors. American Journal of Epidemiology 129, 260-268.

Waard, F. D., Cornelis, J. P., Aoki, K., and Yoshida, M. (1977). Breast cancer incidence according to weight and height in two cities of the Netherlands and in Aichi prefecture, Japan. Cancer 40, 1269-1275.

Weiss, H. A., Brinton, L. A., Brogan, D., Coates, R. J., Gammon, M. D., Malone, K. E., Schoenberg, J. B., and Swanson, C. A. (1996). Epidemiology of in situ and invasive breast cancer in women aged under 45. British Journal of Cancer 73, 1298-1305.

Willett, W. C., Stampfer, M. J., Speizer, F. E., Rosner, B., and London, S. J. (1990). Relative weight, height and risk of breast cancer. Journal of the American Medical Association 263, 3148.

Zhang, S., Folsom, A. R., Sellers, T. A., Kushi, L. H., and Potter, J. D. (1995). Better breast cancer survival for postmenopausal women who are less overweight and eat less fat. Cancer 76, 275-283.

Ziegler, R. G., Hoover, R. N., Nomura, A. M. Y., West , D. W., Wu, A. H., Pike, M. C., Lake, A. J., Horn-Ross, P. L., Kolonel, L. N., Siiteri, P. K., and Joseph, J. F. (1996). Relative weight, weight change, height, and breast cancer risk in Asian-American women. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 88, 650-660.

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Prepared by Barbour S. 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

Last Update 05.06.03