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Breast Cancer
Dioxin levels examined as breast cancer risk factor
September 22nd, 2005
Dioxin levels in breast adipose tissue was examined as a possible breast cancer risk factor. The objective of a study by scientists in the United States "was to evaluate the breast cancer risk associated with body burden levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs)." They "conducted a hospital-based case-control study among 79 women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and 52 controls diagnosed with benign breast conditions." P. Reynolds and colleagues "collected breast adipose tissue and analyzed it for all 17 2,3,7,8-substitituted PCDD/PCDFs." They "used unconditional logistic regression to...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-22)
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