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ArticleJournal of breast cancer2018

Interactions between Alcohol Consumption and Adjuvant Hormone Therapy in Relation to Breast Cancer-Free Survival.

Allison Kowalski, Catherine Woodstock Striley, Deepthi Satheesa Varma, Kathleen Marie Egan, Lusine Yaghjyan

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Article in Journal of breast cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  3. Alcohol's Effects on Breast Cancer in Women.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2020
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Allison KowalskiDepartment of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Catherine Woodstock StrileyDepartment of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Deepthi Satheesa VarmaDepartment of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Kathleen Marie EganDepartment of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, USA.
Lusine YaghjyanDepartment of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.

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TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHP30CA076292 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI KENNETH Lynn WRIGHT · 1998 to 2026
$93.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA076292
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAlcohol consumption is associated with an increase in breast cancer risk, but findings on the association of alcohol with survival after breast cancer diagnosis have been inconsistent. Further, whether these associations could differ by adjuvant hormone therapy status is unknown. We examined interactions between alcohol consumption and adjuvant hormone therapy in relation to breast cancer-free survival among women with a primary breast cancer diagnosis.

methodsParticipants in this study included 1,399 women diagnosed with primary breast cancer between 2007 and 2012 at the Moffitt Cancer Center. Alcohol consumption during the year preceding diagnosis was assessed in a patient survey. Information on tumor characteristics, breast cancer treatment and outcomes was available from the Moffitt Cancer Registry. Associations were examined using Cox proportional hazards models in stratified analyses by adjuvant hormone therapy status, after adjustment for potential confounders.

resultsOverall, alcohol consumption was associated with significantly improved breast cancer-free survival (any vs. none: hazard ratio [HR], 0.77; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.65-0.92). Among women without adjuvant hormone therapy, alcohol consumption was associated with better survival in heavy drinkers (HR, 0.63; 95% CI, 0.43-0.93). Among women with adjuvant hormone therapy, survival was better in women consuming alcohol as compared to nondrinkers (moderate: HR, 0.69, 95% CI, 0.51-0.93; heavy: HR, 0.74, 95% CI, 0.57-0.96; any: HR, 0.71, 95% CI, 0.57-0.87). There was no significant interaction between alcohol and adjuvant hormone therapy (

conclusionAssociations of alcohol consumption with breast cancer-free survival are similar in women with and without adjuvant hormone therapy. Future studies are warranted to elucidate potential mechanisms underlying the observed inverse associations.

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Alcohol drinkingBreast neoplasmsDisease-free survivalProportional hazards models

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PMID29963111
PMCPMC6015986

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