ArticleAustralian and New Zealand journal of public health2015
Cancers in Australia in 2010 attributable to total breastfeeding durations of 12 months or less by parous women.
Article in Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- The effects of duration of any breastfeeding on body mass index in Australian children: Exploration of health, economic and equity impacts.Pediatric obesity · 2025Article
- Global epidemiology of epithelial ovarian cancer.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2024Review
- Breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer: A call for action in high-income countries with low rates of breastfeeding.Cancer medicine · 2023Review
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- Cancers in Australia in 2010 attributable to modifiable factors: summary and conclusions.Australian and New Zealand journal of public health · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo estimate the proportion and number of cancers occurring in Australia in 2010 attributable to parous women having breastfed for total durations of ≤12 months.
methodsWe estimated the population attributable fraction (PAF) of breast cancers (the only cancer site with convincing evidence of causal association) associated with women breastfeeding for ≤12 months in total, using standard formulae incorporating breastfeeding prevalence data, relative risks associated with breastfeeding and cancer incidence. We also estimated the proportion change in disease incidence (potential impact fraction [PIF]) that might have occurred under two hypothetical scenarios of women breastfeeding for longer durations.
resultsAn estimated 235 (1.7%) breast cancer cases that occurred in Australian in 2010 could be attributed to women breastfeeding for total durations of ≤12 months. Assuming a hypothetical increase in breastfeeding, we estimated that the number of breast cancers prevented would range from 36 to 51 (prevented fraction = 0.3% to 0.4%).
conclusionsMore than 200 breast cancers were attributable to women breastfeeding for total durations of ≤12 months. IMPLICATIONS: Policies to increase breastfeeding duration may help prevent breast cancers in the future.
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