ArticleBreast cancer research : BCR2017
Residential particulate matter and distance to roadways in relation to mammographic density: results from the Nurses' Health Studies.
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- Associations of Oral Contraceptives with Mammographic Breast Density in Premenopausal Women.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2022Article
- Air pollution exposure and mammographic breast density in Tehran, Iran: a cross-sectional study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Spatial interaction between breast cancer and environmental pollution in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area.Heliyon · 2021Article
- Air pollution and breast cancer risk in the Black Women's Health Study.Environmental research · 2021Article
- Outdoor air pollution and terminal duct lobular involution of the normal breast.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2020Article
- Outdoor air pollution and cancer: An overview of the current evidence and public health recommendations.CA: a cancer journal for clinicians · 2020Review
- Involvement of fine particulate matter exposure with gene expression pathways in breast tumor and adjacent-normal breast tissue.Environmental research · 2020Article
- Air Pollution, Clustering of Particulate Matter Components, and Breast Cancer in the Sister Study: A U.S.-Wide Cohort.Environmental health perspectives · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundHigh mammographic density is a strong, well-established breast cancer risk factor. Three studies conducted in various smaller geographic settings reported inconsistent findings between air pollution and mammographic density. We assessed whether particulate matter (PM) exposures (PM
methodsThe Nurses' Health Studies are prospective cohorts for whom a subset has screening mammograms from the 1990s (interquartile range 1990-1999). PM was estimated using spatio-temporal models linked to residential addresses. Among 3258 women (average age at mammogram 52.7 years), we performed multivariable linear regression to assess associations between square-root-transformed mammographic density and PM within 1 and 3 years before the mammogram. For linear regression estimates of PM in relation to untransformed mammographic density outcomes, bootstrapped robust standard errors are used to calculate 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Analyses were stratified by menopausal status and region of residence.
resultsRecent PM and distance to roadways were not associated with mammographic density in premenopausal women (PM
conclusionsThese findings do not support that recent PM or roadway exposures influence mammographic density. Although PM was largely not associated with mammographic density, we cannot rule out the role of PM during earlier exposure time windows and possible associations among northeastern postmenopausal women.
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