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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.
Please send comments on this bibliography or citations you feel would be appropriate to add to this bibliography by email to: breastcancer@cornell.edu This bibliography is arranged topically. The topics include:
Background
Understanding the Biology of the Breast
Medina, D. (2005). Mammary developmental fate and breast cancer risk. Endocrine-related Cancer 12, 483-495.
Russo, J., Mailo, D., Hu, Y. F., Balogh, G., Sheriff, F., and Russo, I. H. (2005a). Breast differentiation and its implication in cancer prevention. Clinical Cancer Research 11, 931s-936s.
Russo, J., Moral, R., Balogh, G. A., Mailo, D., and Russo, I. H. (2005b). The protective role of pregnancy in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research 7, 131-132.
Background
Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Madigan, M. P., Zielger, R. G., Benichou, J., Byrne, C., and Hoover, R. N. (1995). Proportion of breast cancer cases in the United States explained by well-established risk factors. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 87, 1681-1685.
Rockhill, B., Weinberg, C. R., and Newman, B. (1998). Population attributable fraction estimation for established breast cancer risk factors: considering the issues of high prevalence and unmodifiability. American Journal of Epidemiology 147, 826-833.
Snedeker, S.M. (2003). Environmental Chemicals and Breast Cancer Risk: Why is There Concern? (Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors [BCERF]), pp. 5.
Background
Role of Environmental Risk Factors
Cogliano, V.J., Baan, R.A., Straif, K., Grosse, Y., Secretan, M.B., El Ghissassi, F., and Kleihues, P. (2004). The science and practice of carcinogen identification and evaluation. Environmental Health Perspectives 112.
Lichtenstein, P., Holm, B. V., Verkasalo, P. K., Iliadou, A., Kaprio, J., Koskenvuo, M., Pukkala, E., Skytthe, A., and Hemminki, K. (2000). Environmental and heritable factors in the causation of cancer: analyses of cohorts of twins from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland. New England Journal of Medicine 343, 78-85.
Parkin, D. M., Bray, F. I., Ferlay, J., and Pisani, P. (2002). Global Cancer Statistics, 2002. CA, A Cancer Journal for Clinicians 55, 74-108.
Shimizu, H., Ross, R. K., Bernstein, L., Yatani, R., Henderson, B. E., and Mack, T. M. (1991). Cancers of the prostate and breast among Japanese and white immigrants in Los Angeles County. British Journal of Cancer 63, 963-966
Background
Occupations and Cancer Risk
Clapp, R.W., Howe, G.H., and Jacobs, M.M. (2005). Environmental and occupational causes of cancer a review of recent scientific literature (Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, Unviersity of Massachusetts at Lowell).
Siemiatycki, J., Richardson, L., Straif, K., Latreille, B., Lakhani, R., Campbell, S., Rousseau, M. C., and Boffetta, P. (2004). Listing occupational carcinogens. Environmental Health Perspectives 112, 1447-1459.
Background
Why Occupational Cancers Should Be Studied in Women
Blair, A., and Zahm, S. H. (1995). Agricultural exposures and cancer. Environmental Health Perspectives 103(Suppl 8), 205-208.
Blair, A., Zahm, S. H., and Silverman, D. T. (1999). Occupational cancer among women: research status and methodologic considerations. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 36, 6-17.
Greenberg, G. N., and Dement, J. M. (1994). Exposure assessment and gender differences. Journal of Occupational Medicine 36, 907-912.
Huff, J. (2000). Breast cancer risks from environmental chemicals. European Journal of Oncology 5, 127-132.
James, R. C. (1997). Risk Assessment. In Industrial Toxicology, P. L. Williams, and J. L. Burson, eds., pp. 370-397.
Kennedy, S. M., and Koehoorn, M. (2003). Exposure assessment in epidemiology: does gender matter? American Journal of Industrial Medicine 44, 576-583.
Messing, K., Punnett, L., Bond, M., Alexanderson, K., Pyle, J., Zahm, S., Wegman, D., Stock, S. R., and de Grosbois, S. (2003). Be the fairest of them all: changes and recommendations for the treatment of gender in occupational health research. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 43, 618-629.
Pottern, L. M., Zahm, S. H., Sieber, S. S., Schneider, I. J., LaRosa, J. H., Brown, D. P., Collman, G. W., Fingerhut, M. A., and Waters, M. A. (1994). Occupational cancer among women: a conference overview. Journal of Occupational Medicine 36, 809-813.
Quinn, M. M., Woskie, S. R., and Rosenberg, B. J. (1995). Women and Work. In Occupational Health: Recognizing and Preventing Work-Related Disease, B. Levy, and D. H. Wegman, eds. (Boston, Little, Brown, and Co.).
Robinson, C. F., and Walker, J. T. (1999). Cancer mortality among women employed in fast-growing U.S. occupations. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 36, 186-192.
USCB (2004). Section 12, Labor force, employment, and earnings, table no. 577 and 579. In U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005, (Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Commerce), pp. 371-372.
Wagener, D. K., Walstedt, J., Jenkins, L., Burnett, C., Lalich, N., and Fingerhut, M. (1997). Women: Work and Health. Vital Health Statistics 3, 1-91.
Zahm, S. H., and Blair, A. (2003). Occupational cancer among women: where have we been and where are we going? American Journal of Industrial Medicine 44, 565-575.
Adams, E. E., and Brues, A. M. (1980). Breast cancer in female radium dial workers first employed before 1930. Journal of Occupational Medicine 22, 583-587.
Bulbulyan, M. A., Ilychova, S. A., Zahm, S. H., Astashevsky, S. V., and Zaridze, D. G. (1999). Cancer mortality among women in the Russian printing industry. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 36, 166-171.
Gunnarsdóttir, H. K., Aspelund, T., Karlsson, T., and Rafnsson, V. V. (1997). Occupational risk factors for breast cancer among nurses. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 3, 254-258.
Hansen, J. (1999). Breast cancer risk among relatively young women employed in solvent-using industries. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 36, 43-47.
Huff, J. (2000). Breast cancer risks from environmental chemicals. European Journal of Oncology 5, 127-132.
Pottern, L. M., Zahm, S. H., Sieber, S. S., Schneider, I. J., LaRosa, J. H., Brown, D. P., Collman, G. W., Fingerhut, M. A., and Waters, M. A. (1994). Occupational cancer among women: a conference overview. Journal of Occupational Medicine 36, 809-813.
Stebbings, J. H., Lucas, H. F., and Stehney, A. F. (1984). Mortality from cancers of major sites in female radium dial workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 5, 435-459.
Walrath, J., Li, F. P., Hoar, S. K., Mead, M. W., and Fraumeni, J. F., Jr. (1985). Causes of death among female chemists. American Journal of Public Health 75, 883-884.
Zahm, S. H., and Blair, A. (2003). Occupational cancer among women: where have we been and where are we going? American Journal of Industrial Medicine 44, 565-575.
Zahm, S. H., Pottern, L. M., Lewis, D. R., Ward, M. H., and White, D. W. (1994). Inclusion of women and minorities in occupational cancer epidemiologic research. Journal of Occupational Medicine 36, 842-847.
Breast Cancer Risk Due to Occupational Chemical Exposure
Dioxin
Manz, A., Berger, J., Dwyer, J. H., Flesch-Janys, D., Nagel, S., and Waltsgott, H. (1991). Cancer mortality among workers in chemical plant contaminated with dioxin. The Lancet 338, 959-964.
Breast Cancer Risk Due to Occupational Chemical Exposure
Ethylene Oxide
Adam, B., Bardos, H., and Adnay, R. (2005). Increased genotoxic susceptibility of breast epithelial cells to ethylene oxide. Mutation Research 585, 120-126.
ATSDR (1990). Toxicological profile for ethylene oxide (ATSDR), pp. 109.
Blair, A., and Kazerouni, N. (1997). Reactive chemicals and cancer. Cancer Causes and Control 8, 473-490.
Coggon, D., Harris, E. C., and Palmer, K. T. (2004). Mortality of workers exposed to ethylene oxide: extended follow-up of a British cohort. Occupational and Environmental Health 61, 358-362.
Filser, J. G., Kreuzer, P. E., Greim, H., and Bolt, H. M. (1994). New scientific arguments for regulation of ethylene oxide residues in skin-care products. Archives of Toxicology 68, 401-405.
Kardos, L., Szeles, G., Gombkoto, G., Szeremi, M., Tompa, A., and Adnany, R. (2003). Cancer deaths among hospital staff potentially exposed to ethylene oxide: an epidemiological analysis. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 42, 59-60.
Norman, S. A., Berlin, J. A., Soper, K. A., Middendorf, B. F., and Stolley, P. D. (1995). Cancer incidence in a group of workers potentially exposed to ethylene oxide. International Journal of Epidemiology 24, 276-284.
Steenland, K., Stayner, L., and Deddens, J. (2004). Mortality analyses in a cohort of 18,235 ethylene oxide exposed workers; follow up extended from 1987-1998. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 61, 2-7.
Steenland, K., Stayner, L., Greife, A., Halerin, W., Hayes, R., Hornung, R., and Nowlin, S. (1991). Mortality among workers exposed to ethylene oxide. New England Journal of Medicine 324, 1402-1407.
Steenland, K., Whelan, E., Deddens, H., Stayner, L., and Ward, E. (2003). Ethylene oxide and breast cancer incidence in a cohort study of 7,576 women (United States). Cancer Causes and Control 14, 531-539.
Tompa, A., Major, J., and Jakab, M. G. (1999). Is breast cancer cluster influenced by environmental and occupational factors among hospital nurses in Hungary? Pathology Oncology Research5, 117-121.
Breast Cancer Risk Due to Occupational Chemical Exposure
Gasoline and Vehicular Exhaust
Hansen, J. (2000). Elevated risk for male breast cancer after occupational exposure to gasoline and vehicular combustion products. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 37, 349-352.
Breast Cancer Risk Due to Occupational Chemical Exposure
Metals
Cantor, K.P., Stewart, P.A., Brinton, L.A., and Dosemeci, M. (1995). Occupational exposures and female breast cancer mortality in the United States. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 37, 336-348.
Pollán, M., and Gustavsson, P. (1999). High-risk occupations for breast cancer in the Swedish female working population. American Journal of Public Health 89, 875-881.
Sukocheva, O. A., Yang, Y., Gierthy, J. F., and Seegal, R. F. (2005). Methyl mercury influences growth-related signaling in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Environmental Toxicology 20, 32-44.
Thompson, D. W., Kriebel, D., Quinn, M. M., Wegman, D., and Eisen, E. A. (2005). Occupational exposure to metalworking fluids and risk of breast cancer among female autoworkers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 47, 153-160.
Breast Cancer Risk Due to Occupational Chemical Exposure
Methylene Chloride
Huff, J., Bucher, J., and Barrett, J. C. (1996). Methylene chloride [letters]. Science 272, 1083-1084.
Shannon, H. S., Haines, T., Bernholz, C., Julian, J. A., Verma, D. K., Jamieson, E., and Walsh, C. (1988). Cancer morbidity in lamp manufacturing workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 14, 281-290.
Spirtas, R., Stewart, P. A., Lee, J. S., Marano, D. E., Forbes, C. D., Grauman, D. J., Pettigrew, H. M., Blair, A., Hoover, R. N., and Cohen, J. L. (1991). Retrospective cohort mortality study of workers at an aircraft maintenance facility. I Epidemiological results. British Journal of Industrial Medicine 48, 515-530.
Breast Cancer Risk Due to Occupational Chemical Exposure
Pesticides
Bell, E.M., Sandler, D.P., and Alavanja, M.C. (2006). High pesticide exposure events among farmers and spouses enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 12, 101-116.
Blair, A., Sandler, D. P., Tarone, R., Lubin, J., Thomas, K., Hoppin, J. A., Samanic, C., Coble, J., Kamel, F., Knott, C., et al. (2005). Mortality among participants in the Agricultural Health Study. Annals of Epidemiology 15, 279-285.
Brophy, J. T., Keith, M. M., Gorey, K. M., Laukkanen, E., Hellyer, D., Watterson, A., Reinhartz, A., and Gilberston, M. (2002). Occupational histories of cancer patients in a Canadian cancer treatment center and the generated hypothesis regarding breast cancer and farming. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 8, 346-353.
Cocco, P. (2002). On the rumors about the silent spring. Review of the scientific evidence linking occupational and environmental pesticide exposure to endocrine disruption health effects. Cadernos de Saude Publica 18, 379-402.
Engel, L. S., Hill, D. A., Hoppin, J. A., Lubin, J. H., Lynch, C. F., Pierce, J., Samanic, C., Sandler, D. P., Blair, A., and Alavanja, M. (2005). Pesticide use and breast cancer risk among farmers' wives in the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology 161, 121-135.
Kirrane, E. F., Hoppin, J. A., Umbach, D. M., Samanic, C., and Sandler, D. P. (2004). Patterns of pesticide use and their determinants among wives of farmer pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 46, 856-865.
O'Leary, E. S., Vena, J. E., Freudenheim, J. L., and Brasure, J. (2004). Pesticide exposure and risk of breast cancer: a nested case-control study of residentially stable women living on Long Island. Environmental Research 94, 134-144.
Snedeker, S. M. (2001). Pesticides and breast cancer risk: A review of DDT, DDE and Dieldrin. Environmental Health Perspectives 109, 35-47.
Ward, M. H., Zahm, S. H., and Blair, A. (1999). Pesticides and cancer risk: clues from epidemiology studies of farmers and the general population. Pesticides, People and Nature 1, 25-32.
Woodwell, G.M., Craig, P.P., and Johnson, H.A. (1971). DDT in the biosphere: where does it go? Science 174, 1101-1107.
Zahm, S., Ward, M., and Blair, A. (1997). Pesticides and cancer. Occupational Medicine 12, 269-289.
Breast Cancer Risk Due to Occupational Chemical Exposure
Rubber
Blair, A., and Kazerouni, N. (1997). Reactive chemicals and cancer. Cancer Causes and Control 8, 473-490.
Goldberg, M. S., and Labrèche, F. (1996). Occupational risk factors for female breast cancer: a review. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 53, 145-156.
Melnick, R., Sills, R. C., Portier, C. J., Roycroft, J. H., Chou, B. J., Grumbein, S. L., and Miller, R. A. (1999). Multiple organ carcinogenicity of inhaled chloroprene (2-chloro-1,3-butadiene) in F344/N rats and B6C3F1 mice and comparison of dose-response with 1,3-butadiene in mice. Carcinogenesis 20, 867-878.
Petralia, S. A., Chow, W., McLaughlin, J., Jin, F., Gao, Y., and Dosemeci, M. (1998). Occupational risk factors for breast cancer among women in Shanghai. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 34, 477-483.
Breast Cancer Risk Due to Occupational Chemical Exposure
Tobacco Smoke
Ambrosone, C. B., Freudenheim, J. L., Graham, S., Marshall, J. R., Vena, J. E., Brasure, J. R., Michalek, A. M., Laughlin, R., Nemoto, T., Gillenwater, K. A., et al. (1996). Cigarette smoking, N-acetyltransferase 2 genetic polymorphisms, and breast cancer risk. Journal of the American Medical Assoication 276, 1494-1501.
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Gammon, M. D., Eng, S. M., Teitalbaum, S. L., Britton, J. A., Kabat, G. C., Hatch, M., Paykin, A., Neugut, A. I., and Santella, R. M. (2002). Environmental tobacco smoke and breast cancer incidence. Environmental Research 96, 176-185.
Han, J., Hankinson, S. E., Ranu, H., De Vivo, I., and Hunter, D. J. (2004). Polymorphisms in DNA double-strand break repair genes and breast cancer risk in the Nurses' Health Study. Carcinogenesis 25, 189-195.
Hecht, S. S. (2002). Tobacco smoke carcinogens and breast cancer. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 39, 119-126.
Lin, H. J. (1996). Smokers and breast cancer; 'Chemical Individuality' and cancer predisposition. Journal of the American Medical Association 276, 1511.
Morabia, A. (2002). Smoking (active and passive) and breast cancer: epidemiologic evidence up to June 2001. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 39, 89-95.
Reynolds, P., Hurley, S., Goldberg, D. E., Anton-Culver, H., Bernstein, L., Deapen, D., Horn-Ross, P. L., Peel, D., Pinder, R., Ross, R. K., et al. (2004). Active smoking, household passive smoking, and breast cancer: evidence from the California Teachers Study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 96, 29-37.
Warren, B.S., and Devine, C. (2002). Smoking and Breast Cancer Risk <http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/factsheet/diet/fs46.smoking.cfm> (BCERF fact sheet no. 46, Cornell University).
Breast Cancer Risk Due to Occupational Chemical Exposure
Solvents
Blair, A., and Kazerouni, N. (1997). Reactive chemicals and cancer. Cancer Causes and Control 8, 473-490.
Cantor, K. P., Stewart, P. A., Brinton, L. A., and Dosemeci, M. (1995). Occupational exposures and female breast cancer mortality in the United States. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 37, 336-348.
Gardner, K. M., Ou, S. X., Jin, F., Dia, Q., Ruan, Z., Thompson, S. J., Hussey, J. R., Gao, Y. T., and Zheng, W. (2002). Occupations and breast cancer risk among Chinese women in urban Shanghai. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 42, 296-308.
Goldberg, M. S., and Labrèche, F. (1996). Occupational risk factors for female breast cancer: a review. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 53, 145-156.
Hansen, J. (1999). Breast cancer risk among relatively young women employed in solvent-using industries. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 36, 43-47.
Labrèche, F. P., and Goldberg, M. S. (1997). Exposure to organic solvents and breast cancer in women: a hypothesis. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 21, 1-14.
Lan, Q., Zhang, L., Li, G., Vermeulen, R., Weinberg, R. S., Dosemeci, M., Rappaport, S. M., Shen, M., Alter, B. P., Wu, Y., et al. (2004). Hematotoxicity in workers exposed to low levels of benzene. Science 306, 1774-1776.
Petralia, S. A., Chow, W., McLaughlin, J., Jin, F., Gao, Y., and Dosemeci, M. (1998). Occupational risk factors for breast cancer among women in Shanghai. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 34, 477-483.
Reutman, S. R., LeMasters, G. K., Knecht, E. A., Shukla, R., Lockey, J. E., Burroughs, G. E., and Kesner, J. S. (2002). Evidence of reproductive endocrine effects in women with occupational fuel and solvent exposures. Environmental Health Perspectives 110, 805-811.
Rubin, C. H., Burnett, C. A., Halperin, W. E., and Seligman, P. J. (1993). Occupation as a risk identifier for breast cancer. American Journal of Public Health 83, 1311-1315.
Spirtas, R., Stewart, P. A., Lee, J. S., Marano, D. E., Forbes, C. D., Grauman, D. J., Pettigrew, H. M., Blair, A., Hoover, R. N., and Cohen, J. L. (1991). Retrospective cohort mortality study of workers at an aircraft maintenance facility. I Epidemiological results. British Journal of Industrial Medicine 48, 515-530.
Stokstad, E. (2004). Factory study shows low levels of benzene reduce blood cell counts. Science 306, 1665.
Teitalbaum, S. L., Britton, J. A., Gammon, M. D., Schoenberg, J. B., Brogan, D., Coates, R., Daling, J. R., Malone, K. E., Swanson, C. A., and Brinton, L. (2003). Occupation and breast cancer in women 20-44 years of age (United States). Cancer Causes and Control 14, 627-637.
Walrath, J., Li, F. P., Hoar, S. K., Mead, M. W., and Fraumeni, J. F., Jr. (1985). Causes of death among female chemists. American Journal of Public Health 75, 883-884.
Weiderpass, E., Pukkala, E., Kauppinen, T., Mutanen, P., Paakkulainen, H., Vasama-Neuvonen, K., Boffetta, P., and Partanen, T. (1999). Breast cancer and occupational exposures in women in Finland. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 36, 48-53.
Breast Cancer Risk Due to Occupational Chemical Exposure
Industrial Chemicals
Mitra, A. K., and Faruque, F. S. (2004). Breast cancer incidence and exposure to environmental chemicals in 82 countries in Mississippi. Southern Medical Journal 97, 259-263.
Breast Cancer Risk Due to Occupational Chemical Exposure
Tetrachloroethylene (TCE)
Aschengrau, A., Paulu, C., and Ozonoff, D. (1998). Tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water and the risk of breast cancer. Environmental Health Perspectives 106, 947-953.
Ruder, A. M., Ward, E. M., and Brown, D. P. (2001). Mortality in dry-cleaning workers: an update. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 39, 121-132.
Shannon, H. S., Haines, T., Bernholz, C., Julian, J. A., Verma, D. K., Jamieson, E., and Walsh, C. (1988). Cancer morbidity in lamp manufacturing workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 14, 281-290.
Spirtas, R., Stewart, P. A., Lee, J. S., Marano, D. E., Forbes, C. D., Grauman, D. J., Pettigrew, H. M., Blair, A., Hoover, R. N., and Cohen, J. L. (1991). Retrospective cohort mortality study of workers at an aircraft maintenance facility. I Epidemiological results. British Journal of Industrial Medicine 48, 515-530.
Breast Cancer Risk Due to Occupational Chemical Exposure
Vinyl Chloride
Chiazze, L., Jr., and Ference, L. D. (1981). Mortality among PVC-fabricating employees. Environmental Health Perspectives 41, 137-143.
Morton, W. E. (1995). Major differences in breast cancer risks among occupations. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 37, 328-335.
Sass, J. B., Castleman, B., and Wallinga, D. (2005). Vinyl chloride: a case study of data suppression and misrepresentation. Environmenal Health Perspectives 113, 809-812.
Smulevich, V. B., Fedotova, I. V., and Filatova, V. S. (1988). Increasing evidence of the rise of cancer in workers exposed to vinylchloride. British Journal of Industrial Medicine 45, 93-97.
Breast Cancer Risk in Specific Occupations
Airline Attendants
Boice, J.D., Jr., Blettner, M., and Auvinen, A. (2000). Epidemiologic studies of pilots and aircrew. Health Physics 79, 576-584.
Haldorsen, T., Reitan, J.B., and Tveten, U. (2001). Cancer incidence among Norwegian airline cabin attendants. International Journal of Epidemiology 30, 825-832.
John, E.M., Phipps, A.I., Knight, J.A., Milne, R.L., Dite, G.S., Hopper, J.L., Andrulis, I.L., Southey, M., Giles, G.G., West , D.W., and Whittemore, A.S. (2007). Medical radiation exposure and breast cancer risk: findings from the breast cancer family registry. International Journal of Cancer, 1-20.
Linnersjö, A., Hammar, N., Dammström, B.-G., Johansson, M., and Eliasch, H. (2003). Cancer incidence in airline cabin crew: experience from Sweden. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 60, 810-814.
Pukkala, E., Auvinen, A., and Wahlberg, G. (1995). Incidence of cancer among Finnish airline cabin attendants, 1967-92. BMJ (British Journal of Medicine) 311, 649-652.
Rafnsson, V., Sulem, P., Tulinius, H., and Hrafnkelsson, J. (2003). Breast cancer risk in airline cabin attendants: a nested case-control study in Iceland. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 60, 807-809.
Rafnsson, V., Tulinius, H., Jònasson, J.G., and Hrafnkelsson, J. (2001). Risk of breast cancer in female flight attendants: a population-based study (Iceland). Cancer Causes and Control 12, 95-101.
Reynolds, P., Cone, J., Layefsky, M., Goldberg, D. E., and Hurley, S. (2002). Cancer incidence in California flight attendants (United States). Cancer Causes and Control 13, 317-324.
Tokumaru, O., Haruki, K., Bacal, K., Katagiri, T., Yamamoto, T., and Sakurai, Y. (2006). Incidence of cancer among female flight attendants: a meta-analysis. . Journal of Travel Medicine 13, 127-132.
Zeeb, H., Blettner, M., Langner, I., Hammer, G.P., Ballard, T.J., Santaquilani, M., Gundestrup, M., Storm, H., Haldorsen, T., Tveten, U., Hammar, N., Linnersjö, A., Velonakis, E., Tzonou, A., Auvinen, A., Pukkala, E., Rafnsson, V., and Hrafnkelsson, J. (2003). Mortality from cancer and other causes among airline cabin attendants in Europe: a collaborative cohort study in eight countries. American Journal of Epidemiology 158, 35-46.
Breast Cancer Risk in Specific Occupations
Cosmetologists
Goldberg, M. S., and Labrèche, F. (1996). Occupational risk factors for female breast cancer: a review. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 53, 145-156.
Habel, L. A., Stanford, J. L., Vaughan, T. L., A., R. M., Voigt, L. F., Weiss, N. S., and Daling, J. R. (1995). Occupation and breast cancer risk in middle-aged women. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 37, 349-356.
Kato, I., Suketami, T., and Ikari, A. (1990). An epidemiological study on occupation and cancer risk. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 20, 121-127.
Pollán, M., and Gustavsson, P. (1999). High-risk occupations for breast cancer in the Swedish female working population. American Journal of Public Health 89, 875-881.
Breast Cancer Risk in Specific Occupations
Electrical Workers
Aronson, K. J., and Howe, G. R. (1994). Utility of a surveillance system to detect associations between work and cancer among women in Canada, 1965-1991. Journal of Occupational Medicine 36, 1174-1179.
Hall, N. E. L., and Rosenman, K. D. (1991). Cancer by industry: analysis of a population-based cancer registry with an emphasis on blue-collar workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 19, 145-159.
Petralia, S. A., Chow, W., McLaughlin, J., Jin, F., Gao, Y., and Dosemeci, M. (1998). Occupational risk factors for breast cancer among women in Shanghai. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 34, 477-483.
Breast Cancer Risk in Specific Occupations
Laboratory Workers
Burnett, C., Robinson, C., and Walker, J. (1999). Cancer mortality in health and science technicians. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 36, 155-158.
Wennborg, H., Yuen, J., Axelsson, G., Ahlbom, A., Gustavsson, P., and Sasco, A. J. (1999). Mortality and cancer incidence in biomedical laboratory personnel in Sweden. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 35, 382-389.
Breast Cancer Risk in Specific Occupations
Religious Orders
Huff, J. (2000). Breast cancer risks from environmental chemicals. European Journal of Oncology 5, 127-132.
Breast Cancer Risk in Specific Occupations
Nurses
Coyle, B., and Polovich, M. (2004). Handling hazardous drugs: How safe are you? American Journal of Nursing 104, 104.
Gunnarsdóttir, H., and Rafnsson, V. (1995). Cancer incidence among Icelandic nurses. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 37, 307-312.
Gunnarsdóttir, H. K., Aspelund, T., Karlsson, T., and Rafnsson, V. V. (1997). Occupational risk factors for breast cancer among nurses. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 3, 254-258.
Habel, L. A., Stanford, J. L., Vaughan, T. L., A., R. M., Voigt, L. F., Weiss, N. S., and Daling, J. R. (1995). Occupation and breast cancer risk in middle-aged women. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 37, 349-356.
Kato, I., Suketami, T., and Ikari, A. (1990). An epidemiological study on occupation and cancer risk. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 20, 121-127.
Kennedy, S. M., and Koehoorn, M. (2003). Exposure assessment in epidemiology: does gender matter? American Journal of Industrial Medicine 44, 576-583.
Laden, F., Ishibe, N., Hankinson, S. E., Wolff, M. S., Gertig, D. M., Hunter, D. J., and Kelsey, K. T. (2002). Polychlorinated biphenyls, cytochrome P450 1A1, and breast cancer risk in the Nurses' Health Study. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 11, 1560-1565.
Lie, J.A., and Kjaerheim, K. (2003). Cancer risk among female nurses: a literature review. European Journal of Cancer Prevention 12, 517-526.
Morton, W. E. (1995). Major differences in breast cancer risks among occupations. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 37, 328-335.
Petralia, S. A., Chow, W., McLaughlin, J., Jin, F., Gao, Y., and Dosemeci, M. (1998). Occupational risk factors for breast cancer among women in Shanghai. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 34, 477-483.
Petralia, S. A., Vena, J. E., Freudenheim, J. L., Michalek, A., Goldberg, M. S., Blair, A., Brasure, J., and Graham, S. (1999). Risk of premenopausal breast cancer and patterns of established breast cancer risk factors among teachers and nurses. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 35, 137-141.
Pollán, M., and Gustavsson, P. (1999). High-risk occupations for breast cancer in the Swedish female working population. American Journal of Public Health 89, 875-881.
Pottern, L. M., Zahm, S. H., Sieber, S. S., Schneider, I. J., LaRosa, J. H., Brown, D. P., Collman, G. W., Fingerhut, M. A., and Waters, M. A. (1994). Occupational cancer among women: a conference overview. Journal of Occupational Medicine 36, 809-813.
Rix, B. A., and Lynge, E. (1996). Cancer incidence in Danish health care workers. Scandinavian Journal of the Society of Medicine 24, 114-120.
Sankila, R., Karjalainen, S., Läärä, E., Pukkala, E., and Teppo, L. (1990). Cancer risk among health care personnel in Finland, 1971-1980. Scandinavian Journal of Work and Environmental Health 16, 252-257.
Tompa, A., Major, J., and Jakab, M.G. (1999). Is breast cancer cluster influenced by environmental and occupational factors among hospital nurses in Hungary? Pathology Oncology Research 5, 117-121.
Breast Cancer Risk in Specific Occupations
Office Workers
Kennedy, S. M., and Koehoorn, M. (2003). Exposure assessment in epidemiology: does gender matter? American Journal of Industrial Medicine 44, 576-583.
Breast Cancer Risk in Specific Occupations
Painters and Printers
Aronson, K. J., and Howe, G. R. (1994). Utility of a surveillance system to detect associations between work and cancer among women in Canada, 1965-1991. Journal of Occupational Medicine 36, 1174-1179.
Goldberg, M. S., and Labrèche, F. (1996). Occupational risk factors for female breast cancer: a review. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 53, 145-156.
Habel, L. A., Stanford, J. L., Vaughan, T. L., A., R. M., Voigt, L. F., Weiss, N. S., and Daling, J. R. (1995). Occupation and breast cancer risk in middle-aged women. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 37, 349-356.
Hall, N. E. L., and Rosenman, K. D. (1991). Cancer by industry: analysis of a population-based cancer registry with an emphasis on blue-collar workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 19, 145-159.
Breast Cancer Risk in Specific Occupations
Radium Dial Workers
Radium Dial Workers - What Happened to Them?, http://www.rerowland.com/dial_painters.htm.
Adams, E. E., and Brues, A. M. (1980). Breast cancer in female radium dial workers first employed before 1930. Journal of Occupational Medicine 22, 583-587.
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Stebbings, J. H., Lucas, H. F., and Stehney, A. F. (1984). Mortality from cancers of major sites in female radium dial workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 5, 435-459.
Breast Cancer Risk in Specific Occupations
Teachers
Bernstein, L., Allen, M., Hoda, A., Deapen, D., Horn-Ross, P. L., Peel, D., Pinder, R., Reynolds, P., Sullivan-Halley, J., West, D., et al. (2002). High breast cancer incidence rates among California teachers: results from the California Teachers Study (United States). Cancer Causes and Control 13, 625-635.
Gardner, K. M., Ou, S. X., Jin, F., Dia, Q., Ruan, Z., Thompson, S. J., Hussey, J. R., Gao, Y. T., and Zheng, W. (2002). Occupations and breast cancer risk among Chinese women in urban Shanghai. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 42, 296-308.
Goldberg, M. S., and Labrèche, F. (1996). Occupational risk factors for female breast cancer: a review. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 53, 145-156.
Habel, L. A., Stanford, J. L., Vaughan, T. L., A., R. M., Voigt, L. F., Weiss, N. S., and Daling, J. R. (1995). Occupation and breast cancer risk in middle-aged women. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 37, 349-356.
Herrick, R. F., McClean, M. D., Meeker, J. D., Baxter, L. K., and Weymouth, G. A. (2004). An unrecognized source of PCB contamination in schools and other buildings. Environmental Health Perspectives 112, 1051-1053.
Labrèche, F. (2001). Executive summary of a literature review of associations between breast cancer and occupational exposures (http://www.breast.cancer.ca/ (cited 2/2002), Health Canada, Canadian Breast Cancer Research Initiative).
Morton, W. E. (1995). Major differences in breast cancer risks among occupations. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 37, 328-335.
Petralia, S. A., Chow, W., McLaughlin, J., Jin, F., Gao, Y., and Dosemeci, M. (1998). Occupational risk factors for breast cancer among women in Shanghai. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 34, 477-483.
Petralia, S. A., Vena, J. E., Freudenheim, J. L., Michalek, A., Goldberg, M. S., Blair, A., Brasure, J., and Graham, S. (1999). Risk of premenopausal breast cancer and patterns of established breast cancer risk factors among teachers and nurses. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 35, 137-141.
Pollán, M., and Gustavsson, P. (1999). High-risk occupations for breast cancer in the Swedish female working population. American Journal of Public Health 89, 875-881.
Reynolds, P., Elkin, E. P., Layefsky, M. E., and Lee, G. M. (1999). Cancer in California school employees, 1988-1992. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 36, 271-278.
Reynolds, P., Hurley, S., Goldberg, D. E., Anton-Culver, H., Bernstein, L., Deapen, D., Horn-Ross, P. L., Peel, D., Pinder, R., Ross, R. K., et al. (2004). Active smoking, household passive smoking, and breast cancer: evidence from the California Teachers Study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 96, 29-37.
Reynolds, P., Hurley, S. E., Gunier, R. B., Yerabati, S., Quach, T., and Hertz, A. (2005). Residential proximity to agricultural pesticide use and incidence of breast cancer in California, 1988-1997. Environmental Health Perspectives 113, 993-1000.
Robinson, C. F., and Walker, J. T. (1999). Cancer mortality among women employed in fast-growing U.S. occupations. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 36, 186-192.
Rubin, C. H., Burnett, C. A., Halperin, W. E., and Seligman, P. J. (1993). Occupation as a risk identifier for breast cancer. American Journal of Public Health 83, 1311-1315.
Teitalbaum, S. L., Britton, J. A., Gammon, M. D., Schoenberg, J. B., Brogan, D., Coates, R., Daling, J. R., Malone, K. E., Swanson, C. A., and Brinton, L. (2003). Occupation and breast cancer in women 20-44 years of age (United States). Cancer Causes and Control 14, 627-637.
Williams, R. R., Stegens, N. L., and Goldsmith, J. R. (1977). Associations of cancer site and type with occupation and industry from the third national cancer survey interview. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 59, 1147-1185.
Breast Cancer Risk in Specific Occupations
Semiconductor Industry
Bailar, J. C., Greenberg, M., Harrison, R., and Ladou, J. (2002). Cancer risk in the semiconductor industry: a call for action. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 8, 163-168.
Brumfiel, G. (2004). Microchip industry proposes broad survey of worker health. Nature 431, 7.
Chepesiuk, R. (1999). Where the chips fall: Environmental health in the semiconductor industry. Environmental Health Perspectives 107.
Ferber, D. (2004). Beset by lawsuits, IBM blocks a study that used its data. Science 304, 937-939.
Fowler, B. A., Conner, E. A., and Yamauchi, H. (2005). Metabolomic and proteomic biomarkers for III-V semiconductors: chemical-specific porphyrinurias and proteinurias. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 206, 121-130.
Hecht, S.S. (2002). Tobacco smoke carcinogens and breast cancer. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 39, 119-126.
Kennedy, D. (2004). Science, law, and the IBM case. Science 305, 309.
McElvenny, D. M., Darnton, A. J., Hodgson, J. T., Clarke, S. D., Elliot, R. C., and Osman, J. (2001). Cancer among current and former workers at National Semiconductor (UK) LTD, Greenock (Health and Safety Executive).
McElvenny, D.M., Darnton, A.J., Hodgson, J.T., Clarke, S.D., Elliott, R.C., and Osman, J. (2003). Investigation of cancer incidence and mortality at a Scottish semiconductor manufacturing facility. Occupational Medicine 53, 419-430.
Novak, K. (2003). IBM accused of ignoring employee cancer cluster. Nature Medicine 9, 1443.
Quinn, M. M., Woskie, S. R., and Rosenberg, B. J. (1995). Women and Work. In Occupational Health: Recognizing and Preventing Work-Related Disease, B. Levy, and D. H. Wegman, eds. (Boston, Little, Brown, and Co.).
Thompson, J. (2004). Letters--Health and Safety Executive inspection of U.K, semiconductor manufacturers. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 10, 352-353.
Watterson, A., and Ladou, J. (2003). Health and Safety Executive inspection of U.K. semiconductor manufacturers. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 9, 392-395.
Zahm, S. H., Ward, M. H., and Silverman, D. T. (2000). Occupational cancer. In Women and Health, M. B. Goldman, and M. C. Hatch, eds. (San Diego, Academic Press), pp. 493-502.
Breast Cancer Risk in Specific Occupations
Night-shift Workers
Davis, S., and Mirick, D.K. (2006). Circadian disruption, shift work, and the risk of cancer: a summary of the evidence and studies in Seattle. Cancer Causes and Control 17, 539-545.
Davis, S., Mirick, D. K., and Stevens, R. G. (2001). Night shift work, light at night, and risk of breast cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 93, 1557-1562.
Hansen, J. (2001). Light at night, shiftwork, and breast cancer risk. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 93, 1513-1515.
O'Leary, E.S., Schoenfeld, E.R., Stevens, R.G., Kabat, G.C., Henderson, K., Grimson, R., Gammon, M.D., and Leske, M.C. (2006). Shift work, light at night, and breast cancer on Long Island, New York. American Journal of Epidemiology.
Okie, S. (2001). Two Studies Link Night Work, Breast Cancer Greater Exposure to Light Lowers Melatonin Production and Increases Estrogen Level, Reports Say. In Washington Post, pp. A02.
Recer, P. (2001). Night Shift Linked to Breast Cancer. In Associated Press.
Schernhammer, E. S., Laden, F., Speizer, F. E., Willet, W. C., Hunter, D. J., Kawachi, I., and Colditz, G. A. (2001). Rotating night shifts and risk of breast cancer in women participating in the Nurses' Health Study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 93, 1563-1568.
Stevens, R. G. (2002). Light at night and breast cancer: evolutionary perspective and attributable risk. Journal of Women's Cancer 4, 171-173.
Stevens, R. G. (2005). Circadian disruption and breast cancer: From melatonin to clock genes. Epidemiology 16, 254-258.
Stevens, R. G., and Rea, M. S. (2001). Light in the built environment: potential role of circadian disruption in endocrine disruption and breast cancer. Cancer Causes and Control 12, 279-287.
Wiedemann, P. M., and Schutz, H. (2005). The precautionary principle and risk perception: experimental studies in the EMF area. Environmenal Health Perspectives 113, 405-405.
Breast Cancer and Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs)
Caplan, L. S., Schoenfeld, E. R., O'Leary, E. S., and Leske, M. C. (2000). Breast cancer and electromagnetic fields-a review. Annals of Epidemiology 10, 31-44.
Davis, S., Mirick, D. K., and Stevens, R. G. (2002). Residential magnetic fields and the risk of breast cancer. American Journal of Epidemiology 155, 446-454.
Kabat, G. C., O'Leary, E. S., Schoenfeld, E. R., Grimson, R., Henderson, K., Gammon, M. D., Britton, J. A., Teitalbaum, S. L., Neugut, A. I., and Leske, M. C. (2003). Electric blanket use and breast cancer on Long Island. Epidemiology 14, 514-520.
Kliukiene, J., Tynes, T., and Anderson, A. (2003). Follow-up of radio and telegraph operators with exposure to electromagnetic fields and risk of breast cancer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins).
Labreche, F., Goldberg, M. S., Balois, M.-F., Nardon, L., Richardson, L., Lakhani, R., and Latreille, B. (2003). Occupational exposures to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and postmenopausal breast cancer. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 44, 643-652.
McCurdy, A. L., Wijnberg, L., Loomis, D., Savitz, D., and Nylander-French, L. A. (2001). Exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields among working women and homemakers. Annals of Occupational Hygiene 45, 643-650.
Stevens, R. G., and Davis, S. (1996). The melatonin hypothesis: Electric power and breast cancer. Environmental Health Perspectives 104, 135-140.
Future Directions
Occupations That Need Further Study
Bennett, L. M., and Davis, B. J. (2002). Identification of mammary carcinogens in rodent bioassays. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 39, 150-157.
Dunnick, J. K., Elwell, M. R., Huff, J., and Barrett, J. C. (1995). Chemically induced mammary gland cancer in the National Toxicology Program's carcinogenesis bioassay. Carcinogenesis 16, 173-179.
Etkin, D. S. (1996). Indoor sources of volatile organic compounds, Chapter 2. In Volatile Organic Compounds in Indoor Environments (Arlington, MA, Cutter Information Corp.), pp. 17-51.
Korhonen, K., Liukkonen, T., Ahrens, W. H., Astrakianakis, G., Boffetta, P., Burdorf, A., Heederik, D., Kauppinen, T., Kogevinas, M., Osvoll, P., et al. (2004). Occupational exposure to chemical agents in the paper industry. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 77, 451-460.
McElvenny, D. M., Darnton, A. J., Hodgson, J. T., Clarke, S. D., Elliot, R. C., and Osman, J. (2001). Cancer among current and former workers at National Semiconductor (UK) LTD, Greenock (Health and Safety Executive).
Novak, K. (2003). IBM accused of ignoring employee cancer cluster. Nature Medicine 9, 1443.
Quinn, M. M., Woskie, S. R., and Rosenberg, B. J. (1995). Women and Work. In Occupational Health: Recognizing and Preventing Work-Related Disease, B. Levy, and D. H. Wegman, eds. (Boston, Little, Brown, and Co.).
Future Directions
Development of Methods to Better Characterize Chemical Exposures
Boffetta, P., Kogevinas, M., Simonato, L., Wilbourn, J., and Saracci, R. (1995). Current perspectives on occupational cancer risks. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 1, 315-325.
Nuwayhid, I. A. (2004). Occupational health research in developing countries: a partner for social justice. American Journal of Public Health 94, 1916-1921.
Stewart, P. (1993). Assessing occupational exposures in epidemiology studies. Paper presented at: Procceedings of the 24th meeting of the International Congress on Occupational Health (Nice).
Ward, E. M., Schulte, P. A., Bayard, S., Blair, A., Brandt-Rauf, P., Butler, M. A., Dankovic, D., Hubbs, A. F., Jones, C., Karstadt, M., et al. (2003). Priorities for development of research methods in occupational cancer. Environmental Health Perspectives 111, 1-12.
Future Directions
Characterization of Chemical Exposures by Job and Task
Kennedy, S. M., and Koehoorn, M. (2003). Exposure assessment in epidemiology: does gender matter? American Journal of Industrial Medicine 44, 576-583.
Messing, K., Punnett, L., Bond, M., Alexanderson, K., Pyle, J., Zahm, S., Wegman, D., Stock, S. R., and de Grosbois, S. (2003). Be the fairest of them all: changes and recommendations for the treatment of gender in occupational health research. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 43, 618-629.
Future Directions
Determine if Gender Differences Affect the Magnitude of Exposure
Blair, A., Zahm, S. H., and Silverman, D. T. (1999). Occupational cancer among women: research status and methodologic considerations. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 36, 6-17.
Greenberg, G. N., and Dement, J. M. (1994). Exposure assessment and gender differences. Journal of Occupational Medicine 36, 907-912.
Kennedy, S. M., and Koehoorn, M. (2003). Exposure assessment in epidemiology: does gender matter? American Journal of Industrial Medicine 44, 576-583.
Messing, K., Punnett, L., Bond, M., Alexanderson, K., Pyle, J., Zahm, S., Wegman, D., Stock, S. R., and de Grosbois, S. (2003). Be the fairest of them all: changes and recommendations for the treatment of gender in occupational health research. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 43, 618-629.
Pottern, L. M., Zahm, S. H., Sieber, S. S., Schneider, I. J., LaRosa, J. H., Brown, D. P., Collman, G. W., Fingerhut, M. A., and Waters, M. A. (1994). Occupational cancer among women: a conference overview. Journal of Occupational Medicine 36, 809-813.
Quinn, M. M., Woskie, S. R., and Rosenberg, B. J. (1995). Women and Work. In Occupational Health: Recognizing and Preventing Work-Related Disease, B. Levy, and D. H. Wegman, eds. (Boston, Little, Brown, and Co.).
Future Directions
Use of Molecular Approaches for Gene-environment Interactions
(2005). The Sister Study: A Study of the Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors for Break Cancer, http://www.sisterstudy.org/English/index1.htm.
Originally prepared by Suzanne M. Snedeker, Ph.D., Associate Director of Translational Research, BCERF, and Katarzyna Fertala, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 11/18/05; updated 07/31/07 by Laschelle Dana-Marie Stewart, Undergraduate Research Assistant.
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