ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Breast Cancer Gone Viral? Review of Possible Role of Bovine Leukemia Virus in Breast Cancer, and Related Opportunities for Cancer Prevention.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Viral Genomic Footprints in Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Tissue-Based Detection of Epstein-Barr Virus and Bovine Leukemia Virus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Bovine leukemia virus relation to human breast cancer: Meta-analysis.Microbial pathogenesis · 2020Pooled it
- Molecular Mechanism of Breast Cancer and Predisposition of Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus Propagation Cycle.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- Reduction of antisense transcription affects bovine leukemia virus replication and oncogenesis.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
- Milk Transmission of Mammalian Retroviruses.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Bovine leukemia virus: a perspective insight into the infection and immunity.Iranian journal of veterinary research · 2023Review
- Evidence of bovine leukemia virus circulating in sheep and buffaloes in Colombia: insights into multispecies infection.Archives of virology · 2022Article
- Interrelated Oncogenic Viruses and Breast Cancer.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022Review
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- A safe and effective vaccine against bovine leukemia virus.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
- Catching viral breast cancer.Infectious agents and cancer · 2021Review
- Co-Circulation of Bovine Leukemia Virus Haplotypes among Humans, Animals, and Food Products: New Insights of Its Zoonotic Potential.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer: Surfacing New Ideas to Accelerate Prevention Research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
This article is a literature review of research that explored the association of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infection in humans with breast cancer. It summarizes and evaluates these publications. This review does not provide absolute proof that BLV is a cause of breast cancer, but, based on well-respected epidemiologic criteria for causation, it does suggest that BLV infection could be a breast cancer risk factor. Any expansion of the current understanding of breast cancer risk factors may increase possibilities to implement primary prevention strategies. The environmental role that BLV-infected cattle may play as a reservoir for infectious BLV offers possibilities for reducing or eliminating potential transmission of BLV from cattle to humans, and/or eliminating the reservoir.
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