Breast Cancer Epidemiology

Investigators at National Institutes of Health publish new data on breast cancer epidemiology

Published in Health Risk Factor Week, February 19th, 2008

Research findings, 'Occupation and breast cancer risk among Shanghai women in a population-based cohort study,' are discussed in a new report. According to recent research from the United States, "A total of 74,942 female subjects were recruited in a population-based cohort study in Shanghai, China between 1997 and 2000. We examined the relationship between occupation and breast cancer risk."

"Cases were 586 women previously diagnosed with breast cancer at baseline and 438 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer during follow-up through December 2004. Eight controls were randomly selected for each case from cancer-free cohort members and frequency-matched to the cases...

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