Observational studyCancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology2017
Eating Disorders and Breast Cancer.
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- Eating disorders and the risk of developing cancer: a systematic review.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Pooled it
- Association of Anorexia Nervosa With Risk of Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2019Pooled it
- Negative parenting styles and disordered eating: an item-level bridge network and simulation-based intervention analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Eating Disorders and Later Incidence of Cancer: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study in Denmark.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2025Article
- Disordered eating in young Chinese adults: role of parenting styles, attachment anxiety, and negative coping styles.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Low risk of some common cancers in women with anorexia nervosa: Evidence from a national record-linkage study.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2023Article
- Progesterone from ovulatory menstrual cycles is an important cause of breast cancer.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2023Review
- Hypercholesterolemia in Cancer and in Anorexia Nervosa: A Hypothesis for a Crosstalk.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Chemically induced carcinogenesis in rodent models of aging: assessing organismal resilience to genotoxic stressors in geroscience research.GeroScience · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundEating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa affect overall and reproductive health and may also affect breast cancer risk. We studied the association between self-reported eating disorders and breast cancer risk in a prospective cohort study.
methodsIn 2003-2009, the Sister Study enrolled women ages 35-74 years who had a sister with breast cancer but had never had it themselves. Using data from 47,813 women, we estimated adjusted HRs and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between eating disorders and invasive breast cancer over a median of 5.4 years of follow-up.
resultsThree percent (n = 1,569) of participants reported a history of an eating disorder. Compared with women who never had an eating disorder, women who reported eating disorders in the past had reduced breast cancer risk (HR = 0.62; 95% CI, 0.42-0.92).
conclusionsIn this large prospective, observational cohort study, we observed an inverse association between having a history of an eating disorder and invasive breast cancer. IMPACT: Historical eating disorders may be associated with a long-term reduction in breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(2); 206-11. ©2016 AACR.
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