ArticleEnvironment international2022
Residential ultraviolet radiation and breast cancer risk in a large prospective cohort.
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- Impacts of socioeconomic and environmental factors on neoplasms incidence rates using machine learning and GIS: a cross-sectional study in Iran.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Breast Cancer Exposomics.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Understanding the role of environmental and socioeconomic factors in the geographic variation of breast cancer risk in the US-wide Sister Study.Environmental research · 2023Article
- Workplace exposure to UV radiation and strategies to minimize cancer risk.British medical bulletin · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundAmbient ultraviolet (UV) radiation has been increasing due to climate change. While this may result in adverse health consequences such as an increased incidence of skin cancer, UV radiation is also a source of vitamin D, which has been hypothesized to be protective for breast cancer risk.
methodsUsing a spatiotemporal kriging model, we estimated residential UV exposure levels for the enrollment addresses (2003-2009) of breast cancer-free women aged 35-74 years participating in the Sister Study and living in the contiguous United States (N = 48,450). Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for the risk associated with UV exposure levels (mW/m
resultsOver a median of 10.5 years of follow up, 3,510 incident breast cancer diagnoses were reported. We found no evidence of an association between living in areas with higher levels of UV radiation and overall breast cancer risk (HR
conclusionsThe findings from this study support a role for UV exposure and vitamin D in the etiology of ER- breast cancer.
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