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Dietary exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and risk of breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer in a prospective cohort
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- Donat-Vargas, Carolina (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Akesson, Agneta (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Berglund, Marika (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Glynn, Anders (author)
- Natl Food Agcy, Dept Risk & Benefit Assessment, Box 622, SE-75126 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Wolk, Alicja (author)
- Karolinska Inst, Inst Environm Med, Box 210, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Kippler, Maria (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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Karolinska Institutet Natl Food Agcy, Dept Risk & Benefit Assessment, Box 622, SE-75126 Uppsala, Sweden (creator_code:org_t)
- 2016-09-15
- 2016
- English.
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In: British Journal of Cancer. - : NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP. - 0007-0920 .- 1532-1827. ; 115:9, s. 1113-1121
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- Background: Observational studies on polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure and hormone-related cancer risk are either inconsistent or lacking. We aimed to assess associations of dietary PCB exposure with breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer risk in middle-aged and elderly women. Methods: We included 36 777 cancer-free women at baseline in 1997 from the prospective population-based Swedish Mammography Cohort. Validated estimates of dietary PCB exposure were obtained via a food frequency questionnaire. Incident cancer cases were ascertained through register linkage. Results: During 14 years of follow-up, we ascertained 1593, 437 and 195 incident cases of breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer. We found no overall association between dietary PCB exposure and any of these cancer forms. The multivariable-adjusted relative risks comparing women in the highest and lowest tertile of PCB exposure were 0.96 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.75, 1.24), 1.21 (95% CI: 0.73, 2.01) and 0.90 (95% CI: 0.45, 1.79) for breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer. In analyses stratified by factors influencing oestrogen exposure, possibly masking associations with PCBs, indications of higher risks were observed for endometrial cancer. Conclusions: This study suggests that dietary exposure to PCBs play no critical role in the development of breast, endometrial or ovarian cancer during middle-age and old ages.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- dietary exposure
- polychlorinated biphenyls
- endocrine disrupting chemicals
- environmental carcinogens breast cancer
- endometrial cancer
- ovary cancer
- prospective cohort study
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