Alcohol, tobacco and breast cancer - Collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 58 515 women with breast cancer and 95 067 women without the disease

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1234-1245

  Hamajima, N ^b   Hirose, K ^b   Tajima, K ^b   Rohan, T ^c   Calle, E E ^d   Heath, C W ^d   Coates, R J ^e   Liff, J M ^e   Talamini, R ^f   Chantarakul, N ^g   Koetsawang, S ^g   Rachawat, D ^g   Morabia, A ^h   Schuman, L ^h   Stewart, W ^h   Szklo, M ^h   Bain, C ⁱ   Schofield, F ⁱ   Siskind, V ⁱ   Band, P ^j   Coldman, A J ^j   Gallagher, R P ^j   Hislop, T G ^j   Yang, P ^j   Kolonel, L M ^k   Nomura, A M Y ^k   Hu, J ^l   Johnson, K C ^l   Mao, Y ^l   De Sanjose S ^m   Lee, N ⁿ   Marchbanks, P ⁿ   Ory, H W ⁿ   Peterson, H B ⁿ   Wilson, H G ⁿ   Wingo, P A ⁿ   Ebeling, K ^o   Kunde, D ^o   Nishan, P ^o   Hopper, J L ^p   Colditz, G ^q   Gajalakshmi, V ^r   Martin, N ^s   Pardthaisong, T ^s   Silpisornkosol, S ^s   Theetranont, C ^s   Boosiri, B ^t   Chutivongse, S ^t   Jimakorn, P ^t   Virutamasen, P ^t   Wongsrichanalai, C ^t   Ewertz, M ^u   Adami, H O ^v   Bergkvist, L ^v,ab   Magnusson, C ^v   Persson, I ^v   Chang Claude, J ^w   Paul, C ^x   Skegg, D C G ^x   Spears, G F S ^x   Boyle, P ^y   Evstifeeva, T ^y   Daling, J R ^z   Hutchinson, W B ^z   Malone, K ^z   Noonan, E A ^z   Stanford, J L ^z   Thomas, D B ^z   Weiss, N S ^z   White, E ^z   Andrieu, N ^aa   Bremond A ^aa   Clavel, F ^aa   Gairard, B ^aa   Lansac, J ^aa   Piana, L ^aa   Renaud, R ^aa   Izquierdo, A ^ab   Viladiu, P ^ab   Cuevas, H R ^ac   Ontiveros, P ^ac   Palet, A ^ac   Salazar, S B ^ac   Aristizabal, N ^ad   Cuadros, A ^ad   Tryggvadottir, L ^ae   Tulinius, H ^ae   Bachelot, A ^af   Le M G ^af   Peto, J ^ag   Franceschi, S ^ah   Lubin, F ^ai   Modan, B ^ai   Ron, E ^ai   Wax, Y ^ai   Friedman, G D ^aj   Hiatt, R A ^aj   Levi, F ^ak   Bishop, T ^al   Kosmelj, K ^am   Primic Zakelj, M ^am   Ravnihar, B ^am   Stare, J ^am   Beeson, W L ^an   Fraser, G ^an   Bulbrook, R D ^al   Cuzick, J ^al   Duffy, S W ^al   Fentiman, I S ^al   Hayward, J L ^al   Wang, D Y ^al   McMichael, A J ^ag   McPherson, K ^ag   Hanson, R L ^ab   Leske, M C ^ab   Mahoney, M C ^ab   Nasca, P C ^ab   Varma, A O ^ab   Weinstein, A L ^ab   Moller, T R ^ao   Olsson, H ^ao   Ranstam, J ^ao   Goldbohm, R A ^ap   van den Brandt, P A ^ap   Apelo, R A ^aq   Baens, J ^aq   de la Cruz, J R ^aq   Javier, B ^aq   Lacaya, L B ^aq   Ngelangel, C A ^aq   La Vecchia, C ^ar   Negri, E ^ar   Marubini, E ^as   Ferraroni, M ^at   Gerber, M ^aa   Richardson, S ^aa   Segala, C ^aa   Gatei, D ^au   Kenya, P ^au   Kungu, A ^au   Mati, J G ^au   Brinton, L A ^av   Hoover, R ^av   Schairer, C ^av   Spirtas, R ^aw   Lee, H P ^ax   Rookus, M A ^ay   van Leeuwen, F E ^ay   Schoenberg, J A ^az   McCredie, M ^ba   Gammon, M D ^bb   Clarke, E A ^bc   Jones, L ^ab   Neil, A ^ab   Vessey, M ^ab   Yeates, D ^ab   Appleby, P ^a   Banks, E ^a   Beral, V ^a   Bull, D ^a   Crossley, B ^a   Goodill, A ^a   Green, J ^a   Hermon, C ^a   Key, T ^a   Langston, N ^a   Lewis, C ^a   Reeves, G ^a   Collins, R ^bd   Doll, R ^bd   Peto, R ^bd   Mabuchi, K ^be   Preston, D ^be   Hannaford, P ^bf   Kay, C ^bf   Rosero Bixby, L ^bg   Gao, Y T ^bh   Jin, F ^bh   Yuan, J M ^bh   Wei, H Y ^bi   Yun, T ^bi   Zhiheng, C ^bi   Berry, G ^ab   Cooper Booth, J ^ab   Jelihovsky, T ^ab   MacLennan, R ^ab   Shearman, R ^ab   Wang, Q S ^bj   Baines, C J ^ab   Miller, A B ^ab   Wall, C ^ab   Lund, E ^bk   Stalsberg, H ^bk   Shu, X O ^bl   Zheng, W ^bl   Katsouyanni, K ^bm   Trichopoulou, A ^bm   Trichopoulos, D ^bm   Dabancens, A ^bn   Martinez, L ^bn   Molina, R ^bn   Salas, O ^bn   Alexander, F E ^bo   Anderson, K ^bp   Folsom, A R ^bp   Hulka, B S ^bq   Chilvers, C E D ^br   Bernstein, L ^bs   Enger, S ^bs   Haile, R W ^bs   Paganini Hill, A ^bs   Pike, M C ^bs   Ross, R K ^bs   Ursin, G ^bs   Yu, M C ^bs   Longnecker, M P ^bt   Newcomb, P ^bt   Kalache, A ^bu   Farley, T M M ^bu   Holck, S ^bu   Meirik, O ^bu   Skegg, D ^ab   Hulka, B ^ab   Muller, A ^ab   Peterson, B ^ab   Pike, M ^ab   Thomas, D ^ab   Van Leeuven, M ^ab   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^g MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^j BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^l Canadian Cancer Registries Epidemiology Research Group   (Canada)

^m CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

ⁿ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^o MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^q CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^r CANCER INSTITUTE WIA   (India)

^s CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^t CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^u DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^v KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^w GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^x UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^y EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^z Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^aa INSERM   (France)

^ab Girona Cancer Registry ^*

^ac HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^ad Hospital Universitario   (Colombia)

^ae ICELANDIC CANCER SOCIETY   (Iceland)

^af INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^ag LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^ah INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^ai SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^aj KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^al IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^am INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^an LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ao LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^ap MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^ar MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^as NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^at Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria   (Italy)

^au Nairobi Centre for Research in Reproduction   (Kenya)

^av NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^aw EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^ax NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^ay NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^az New Jersey State Department of Health   (United States)

^ba New South Wales Cancer Council   (Australia)

^bb National University of Singapore ^*  (United States)

^bc Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation   (Canada)

^bd CLINICAL TRIAL SERVICE UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^be RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^bf ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^bg UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^bh SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^bi SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^bj KEY LABORATORY OF CANCER PREVENTION AND THERAPY   (China)

^bk UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^bl VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bm UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^bn UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^bo UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^bp UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^bq IL   (United States)

^br UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^bs UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^bt University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center   (United States)

^bu WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Alcohol; Breast cancer; Collaborative reanalysis; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CANCER; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 0037132383     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600596     Document Type: Article

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