ArticleInternational journal of cancer2020
Association between ambient air pollution and breast cancer risk: The multiethnic cohort study.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Impact of Pollution on Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis with Focus on Air Pollution.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Pooled it
- Hazardous Environmental Pollutants and Cancer Disparities: A Systematic Review on the Consideration of Race and Ethnicity in Environmental Epidemiology Research.Current environmental health reports · 2025Pooled it
- Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Breast Cancer Risk Worldwide: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Association between long-term ambient air pollution exposure and the risk of breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Pooled it
- Breast Cancer Risk in Association with Atmospheric Pollution Exposure: A Meta-Analysis of Effect Estimates Followed by a Health Impact Assessment.Environmental health perspectives · 2021Pooled it
- Relationship between particulate matter exposure and female breast cancer incidence and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021Pooled it
- The relationship between exposure to particulate matter and breast cancer incidence and mortality: A meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Association between ambient air pollution and colorectal cancer risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.Environmental research · 2026Article
- Late-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis and Air Pollution in a Multiethnic Cohort.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- The Multiethnic Cohort: A Resource for the Study of Genetic and Nongenetic Cancer Risk across Populations.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026Article
- Exposure to Industrial Air Toxics and Risk of Breast Cancer in California: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2026Article
- Associations between PM2.5 exposure and upper tract urothelial carcinoma in a taiwanese case-control study.International urology and nephrology · 2026Article
- A One Health Perspective on Cancer: A Narrative Review.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Racial and ethnic differences in the impact of air pollution on the risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in the Multiethnic Cohort Study.Environment international · 2026Article
- Long-term exposure to PMAir quality, atmosphere, & health · 2026Article
- Air Pollutants and Breast Cancer Risk: A Parallel Analysis of Five Large US Prospective Cohorts.American journal of public health · 2025Article
- Global impact of air pollution on cancer: causal evidence and health inequities across regions from 1990 to 2021.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- 3D In Vitro Models of Breast Cancer: Current Challenges and Future Prospects Toward Recapitulating the Microenvironment and Mimicking Key Processes.Advanced biology · 2025Review
- Residential proximity to national priorities list superfund sites is associated with increased likelihood of metastatic breast cancer presentation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Causal associations between air pollution and breast cancer risk and survival: a Mendelian randomization study.Discover oncology · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
14 authors.
Iona ChengDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4132-2893
Chiuchen TsengDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jun WuProgram in Public Health, Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, University of Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Juan YangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Shannon M ConroyDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Salma Shariff-MarcoDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Lianfa LiDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Andrew HertzCancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, CA, USA.
Scarlett Lin GomezDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Loïc Le MarchandEpidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Alice S WhittemoreStanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Daniel O StramDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Beate RitzDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Anna H WuDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0546-902X
Funding
USC/NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER (CORE) SUPPORTP30CA014089 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI MYLES G COCKBURN · 1985 to 2026
$181.4MTranslational Research Support CoreP30ES007048 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ROB S MCCONNELL · 1996 to 2026
$46.4MUnderstanding Population Differences in Cancer: The MEC StudyU01CA164973 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI HAIMAN, CHRISTOPHER ALAN, LE MARCHAND, LOIC · 2015 to 2025
$37.4MScientific and Technical CoreP2CHD041022 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Martha Jane Bailey · 2016 to 2026
$6.9MA cohort study of air pollution, lung cancer, and COPD in Los Angeles CountyR01ES026171 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHENG, IONA C, WU, ANNA H. · 2016 to 2019
$2.1MExposure to mobile source air pollution and adverse birth outcomes in the Los AngR21ES016379 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI WU, JUN · 2008 to 2009
$552kHistoric Traffic Exposure Maps for Cancer StudiesR21CA094723 · NCI · IMPACT ASSESSMENT, INC. · PI ENGLISH, PAUL B · 2001 to 2003
$449kNCI NIH HHS 5-R21-CA094723-03NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014089NCI NIH HHS R21 CA094723NCI NIH HHS U01 CA164973NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD041022NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES007048NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES007048021NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES026171NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES016379
Abstract
Previous studies using different exposure methods to assess air pollution and breast cancer risk among primarily whites have been inconclusive. Air pollutant exposures of particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen were estimated by kriging (NO
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