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BREASTFEEDING REDUCES RISK OF BREAST CANCER
Selected Bibliography
Updated October 2005
June 2003
Lee SY, Kim MT, Kim SW, Song MS, Yoon SJ. Effect of lifetime lactation on breast cancer risk: a Korean women's cohort study. Int J Cancer . 2003 Jun 20;105(3):390-3. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/104050091/ABSTRACT
July 2002
Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer. Breast cancer and breastfeeding: collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 47 epidemiological studies in 30 countries, including 50302 women with breast cancer and 96973 women without the disease. Lancet. 2002 Jul 20;360(9328):187-95. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12133652&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=21
July 2001
Tryggvadottir L, Tulinius H, Eyfjord JE, Sigurvinsson T. Breastfeeding and reduced risk of breast cancer in an Icelandic cohort study. Am J Epidemiol . 2001 Jul 1;154(1):37-42. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11427403&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=103
December 2000
Zheng
T, Duan
L, Liu
Y, Zhang
B, Wang
Y, Chen
Y, Zhang
Y, Owens
PH. Lactation reduces breast cancer risk in Shandong Province
, China . Am J Epidemiol . 2000 Dec 15;152(12):1129-35.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11130618&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=124
August 2000
Romieu I , Hernandez-Avila M , Lazcano-Ponce E , Weber JP , Dewailly E . Breast cancer, lactation history, and serum organochlorines. Am J Epidemiol . 2000 Aug 15;152(4):363-70. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10968381&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=94
July 1999
Newcomb PA, Egan KM, Titus-Ernstoff L, Trentham-Dietz A, Greenberg ER, Baron JA, Willett WC, Stampfer MJ. Lactation in relation to postmenopausal breast cancer. Am J Epidemiol . 1999 Jul 15;150(2):174-82. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10412962&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=81
June 1999
Furberg H, Newman B, Moorman P, Millikan R. Lactation and breast cancer risk. Int J Epidemiol. 1999 Jun;28(3):396-402. http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/28/3/396
April-May 1999
Dettwyler KA. Cutting Breast Cancer Risk: Reason to Breastfeed. Leaven. 1999 Apr-May;35(2):29. http://www.lalecheleague.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVAprMay99p29.html
October 1998
Gilliland FD, Hunt WC, Baumgartner KB, Crumley D, Nicholson CS, Fetherolf J, Samet JM. Reproductive risk factors for breast cancer in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women: the New Mexico Women's Health Study. Am J Epidemiol . 1998 Oct 1;148(7):683-92. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9778175&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=39
May 1998
Egan KM, Stampfer MJ, Posner BA, et al. Risk factors for breast cancer in women with a breast cancer family history. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1998 May;7(5):359-64. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9610783&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=25
March 1998
Jensen RG, Lammi-Keefe CJ, Hill DW, Kind AJ, Henderson R. The anticarcinogenic conjugated fatty acid, 9c, 11t-18:2, in human milk: confirmation of its presence. J Hum Lact . 1998 Mar;14(1):23-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9543955&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=44
1997
Enger SM, Ross RK, Henderson B, Bernstein L. Breastfeeding history, pregnancy experience and risk of breast cancer. Br J Cancer. 1997;76(1):118-23. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9218743&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=27
1997
Epstein ES, et al. The Breast Cancer Prevention Program. Chapter 2: Estrogen: the Common Link. New York : Macmillan, 1997. http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0028626346/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-0029737-8127045#reader-link
December 1997
Freudenheim JL, Marshall JR, Vena JE, Moysich KB, Muti P, Laughlin R, Nemoto T, Graham S. Lactation history and breast cancer risk. Am J Epidemiol. 1997 Dec;146(11):932-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9400334&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=33
September 1997
Lopez-Carrillo L , Blair A , Lopez-Cervantes M , Cebrian M , Rueda C , Reyes R , Mohar A , Bravo J . Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane serum levels and breast cancer risk: a case-control study from Mexico. Cancer Res . 1997 Sep 1;57(17):3728-32. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9288780&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=56
1996
McCoshen JA, et al. Prolactin, parity, the fetus, and breast cancer. J SOGC. 1996;18(8):787-93.
1996
Newton, ER. Does breastfeeding protect women from breast cancer? ABM News and Views. 1996;2(2):1,4,12. http://www.bfmed.org/newsletter.html
July-August 1996
Michels KB, Willett WC, Rosner BA, Manson JE, Hunter DJ, Colditz GA, Hankinson SE, Speizer FE. Prospective assessment of breastfeeding and breast cancer incidence among 89,887 women. Lancet. 1996 Feb 17;347(8999):431-6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8618484&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=76
March 1996
Katsouyanni K, Lipworth L, Trichopoulou A, Samoli E, Stuver S, Trichopoulos D. A case-control study of lactation and cancer of the breast. Br J Cancer . 1996 Mar;73(6):814-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8611387&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=47
March 1996
Romieu I , Hernandez-Avila M , Lazcano E , Lopez L , Romero-Jaime R . Breast cancer and lactation history in Mexican women. Am J Epidemiol . 1996 Mar 15;143(6):543-52. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8610671&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=91
August 1995
Murrell TG. The potential for oxytocin (OT) to prevent breast cancer: a hypothesis. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 1995 Aug;35(2):225-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=7647345&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=79
July 1995
Millikan R, DeVoto E, Newman B, Savitz D. Studying environmental influences and breast cancer risk: suggestions for an integrated population-based approach. Breast Cancer Res Treat . 1995 Jul;35(1):79-89. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=7612908&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=77
May 1995
Brinton LA, Potischman NA, Swanson CA, et al. Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk. Cancer Causes Control. 1995 May;6(3):199-208. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=7612799&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=3
February 1995
Hirose K, Tajima K, Hamajima N, Inoue M, Takezaki T, Kuroishi T, Yoshida M, Tokudome S. A large-scale, hospital-based case-control study of risk factors of breast cancer according to menopausal status. Jpn J Cancer Res . 1995 Feb;86(2):146-54. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=7730137&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=40
May 1994
Freudenheim JL, Marshall JR, Graham S, Laughlin R, Vena JE, Bandera E, Muti P, Swanson M, Nemoto T. E xposure to breastmilk in infancy and the risk of breast cancer. Epidemiology. 1994 May;5(3):324-31. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8038247&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=31
January 1994
Newcomb PA, Storer BE, Longnecker MP, Mittendorf R, Greenberg ER, Clapp RW, Burke KP, Willett WC, MacMahon B. Lactation and a reduced risk of premenopausal breast cancer. N Engl J Med . 1994 Jan 13;330(2):81-7. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/330/2/81
December 1993
Yang CP, Weiss NS, Band PR, Gallagher RP, White E, Daling JR. History of lactation and breast cancer risk. Am J Epidemiol . 1993 Dec 15;138(12):1050-6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8266907&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=116
August 1993
Thomas DB, Noonan EA. Breast cancer and prolonged lactation. The WHO Collaborative Study of Neoplasia and Steroid Contraceptives. Int J Epidemiol . 1993 Aug;22(4):619-26. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8225734&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=101
July 1993
Breast feeding and risk of breast cancer in young women. United Kingdom National Case –Control Study Group. BMJ. 1993 Jul 3;307(6895):17-20. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8343660&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=18
April 1993
Wolff MS, Toniolo PG, Lee EW, Rivera M, Dubin N. Blood levels of organochlorine residues and risk of breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst . 1993 Apr 21;85(8):648-52. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8468722&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=113
September-October 1992
Wang QS, Ross RK, Yu MC, Ning JP, Henderson BE, Kimm HT. A case-control study of breast cancer in Tianjin , China . Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev . 1992 Sep-Oct;1(6):435-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=1302554&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=110
April 1992
Yoo KY, Tajima K, Kuroishi T, Hirose K, Yoshida M, Miura S, Murai H. Independent protective effect of lactation against breast cancer: a case-control study in Japan . Am J Epidemiol . 1992 Apr 1;135(7):726-33. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=1595673&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=119
March-April 1992
Falck F Jr, Ricci A Jr, Wolff MS, Godbold J, Deckers P. Pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyl residues in human breast lipids and their relation to breast cancer. Arch Environ Health. 1992 Mar-Apr;47(2):143-6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=1567239&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=29
February 1992
Reuter KL, Baker SP, Krolikowski FJ. Risk factors for breast cancer in women undergoing mammography. AJR Am J Roentgenol . 1992 Feb;158(2):273-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=1729780&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=89
March 1990
Patton S, Canfield LM, Huston GE, Ferris AM, Jensen RG. Carotenoids of human colostrum. Lipids. 1990 Mar;25(3):159-65. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=2333016&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=87
1989
Layde PM, Webster LA, Baughman AL, Wingo PA, Rubin GL, Ory HW. The independent associations of parity, age at first full term pregnancy, and duration of breastfeeding with the risk of breast cancer. Cancer and Steroid Hormone Study Group. J Clin Epidemiol . 1989;42(10):963-73. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=2681548&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=49
August 1989
Siskind V, Schofield F, Rice D, Bain C. Breast cancer and breastfeeding: results from an Australian case-control study. Am J Epidemiol . 1989 Aug;130(2):229-36. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=2750724&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=96
October 1988
Tao SC, Yu MC, Ross RK, Xiu KW. Risk factors for breast cancer in Chinese women of Beijing . Int J Cancer . 1988 Oct 15;42(4):495-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=3170023&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=98
April 1988
Yuan JM, Yu MC, Ross RK, Gao YT, Henderson BE. Risk factors for breast cancer in Chinese women in Shanghai . Cancer Res . 1988 Apr 1;48(7):1949-53. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=3349468&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=121
September 1986
McTiernan A, Thomas DB. Evidence for a protective effect of lactation on risk of breast cancer in young women. Results from a case-control study. Am J Epidemiol . 1986 Sep;124(3):353-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=3740036&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=71
May 1985
Byers T, Graham S, Rzepka T, Marshall J. Lactation and breast cancer. Evidence for a negative association in premenopausal women. Am J Epidemiol. 1985 May;121(5):664-74.
July 1979
Vorherr H. Pregnancy and lactation in relation to breast cancer risk. Semin Perinatol . 1979 Jul;3(3):299-311. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=392771&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=107
February 1978
Vorherr H, Messer RH. Breast cancer: potentially predisposing and protecting factors. Role of pregnancy, lactation, and endocrine status. Am J Obstet Gynecol . 1978 Feb 1;130(3):335-58. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=341711&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=105
July 1977
Ing R, Petrakis NL, Ho JH. Unilateral breast-feeding and breast cancer. Lancet . 1977 Jul 16;2(8029):124-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=69205&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=42
January-February 1977
Malhotra SL. A study of cancer of the breast with special reference
to its causation and prevention.
Med Hypotheses. 1977 Jan-Feb;3(1):21-4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16202&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=58
March 1975
Anderson JD. Breast feeding and breast cancer. S Afr Med J. 1975 Mar 22;49(13):479-82. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=1145368&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=5
April 1964
Levin ML, Sheehe PR, Graham S, Glidewell O. Lactation and menstrual function as related to cancer of the breast. Am J Public Health Nations Health. 1964 Apr;54:580-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14136322&itool=iconnoabstr&query_hl=54
