Organochlorines and Breast Cancer Risk by Receptor Status, Tumor Size, and Grade (Canada)

• Published in: Cancer causes & control Vol. 12; no. 5; pp. 395 - 404
• Main Authors: Woolcott, Christy G., Aronson, Kristan J., Hanna, Wedad M., SenGupta, Sandip K., McCready, David R., Sterns, Ernest E., Miller, Anthony B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Kluwer Academic Publishers 01.06.2001; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adipose Tissue - chemistry; Adipose tissues; Adult; Aged; Biopsy; Body mass index; Breast - chemistry; Breast - pathology; Breast cancer; Breast Neoplasms - etiology; Breast Neoplasms - pathology; Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene - analysis; Environmental Pollutants - analysis; Estrogen receptors; Ethnicity; Family history; Female; Hormone replacement therapy; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Insecticides - analysis; Middle Aged; Pathology; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - analysis; Receptors, Estrogen - analysis; Receptors, Progesterone - analysis; Research Papers; Risk Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tumors; Canada

Objective: We evaluated the association between organochlorines and breast cancer subtype defined by the tumor characteristics: estrogen receptor status, progesterone receptor status, tumor size, and grade. Methods: A case-control study was conducted from 1995 to 1997 in Kingston and Toronto, Canada...