The long island breast cancer study project

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 986-994

  Winn, Deborah M ^a  

^a Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MORTALITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW YORK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 28944444434     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc1755     Document Type: Review

References (98)

1. Devesa, S. S. et al. Atlas of Cancer Mortality In the United States. NIH Publication Number 99-4564 (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 2005).
2. Reynolds, T. Congress may order breast cancer study on Long Island. J. Natl Cancer Inst. 85, 520-522 (1993).
3. New York State Department of Health. Cancer Trends by County, 1976-2002 (New York State, Albany, 2005). http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/cancer/ nyscr/vol3.htm
4. New York State Department of Health Bureau of Cancer Epidemiology. Long Island Breast Cancer Study Report #1. Overview and Descriptive Variables: Breast Cancer Screening Practices (New York State Health Department, Albany, 1990).
5. New York State Department of Health Bureau of Cancer Epidemiology. Long Island Breast Cancer Study Report #4. Termiticide Use and Breast Cancer Risk (New York State Health Department, Albany, 1992).
6. New York State Department of Health Bureau of Cancer Epidemiology. Long Island Breast Cancer Study Report #3. The Relationship of Lifestyle Factors to Breast Cancer Risk (New York State Health Department, Albany, 1990).
7. New York State Department of Health Bureau of Cancer Epidemiology and Division of Environmental Epidemiology and Occupational Health. Long Island Breast Cancer Study Report #2. Risk Factors, Regional Distribution, Pathology Appraisal, Evaluation of Selection Bias, and Water Sources and Landfills (New York State Health Department, Albany, 1990).
8. O'Leary E. S., Vena, J. E., Freudenheim, J. L. & Brasure, J. Pesticide exposure and risk of breast cancer: a nested case-control study of residentially stable women living on Long Island. Environ. Res. 94, 134-144 (2004).
9. Goldstein, M. Come and be counted: the story behind the Long Island breast cancer study. Mamm. 42-43, 46, 49, 72-73 (1999).
10. Marks, P. U. S. to finance project to study breast cancer on Long Island. New York Times B1-B6 (25 Nov 1993).
11. US Congress. National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 7993. Study of Elevated Breast Cancer Rates in Long Island, Public Law 103-43, June 10, 1993, Section 1911. Potential Environmental and Other Risks Contributing to Incidence of Breast Cancer (US Government Printing Office, 1993). http://epi.grants.cancer.gov/LIBCSP/PublicLaw.html
12. Gammon, M. D. et al. The Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project: description of a multi-institutional collaboration to identify environmental risk factors for breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res. Treat. 74, 235-254 (2002).
13. International Agency for Research on Cancer. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Supplement Number 7. Overall Evaluations of Carcinogenicity: An Updating of IARC Monographs Volumes 1 to 42. 322 (International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, 1987).
14. Wolff, M. S. & Toniolo, P. G. Environmental organochlorine exposure as a potential etiologic factor in breast cancer. Environ. Health Perspect. 103 (Suppl.), 141-145 (1995).
15. Ambrosone, C. B. et al. Etiology of breast and gynecological cancers (eds Aldaz, C. M., Gould, M. N., McLachlan, J. C. & Slaga, T. J.) 93-99 (Wiley-Liss, 1997).
16. Gammon, M. D. et al. Environmental toxins and breast cancer on Long Island. I. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon DNA adducts. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 11, 677-685 (2002).
17. Stellman, S. D. et al. Breast cancer risk in relation to adipose concentrations of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in Long Island, New York. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 9, 1241-1249 (2000).
18. Muscat, J. E. et al. Adipose concentrations of organochlorine compounds and breast cancer recurrence in Long Island, New York. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 12, 1474-1478 (2003).
19. Zheng, T. et al. DDE and DDT in breast adipose tissue and risk of female breast cancer. Am. J. Epidemiol. 150, 453-458 (1999).
20. Zheng, T. et al. Risk of female breast cancer associated with serum polychlorinated biphenyls and 1, 1 -dichloro-2,2′-bis(p-chlorophenyl) ethylene. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 9, 167-174 (2000).
21. Zheng, T. et al. Breast cancer risk associated with congeners of polychlorinated biphenyls. Am. J. Epidemiol. 152, 50-58 (2000).
22. Zheng, T. et al. Environmental exposure to hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and risk of female breast cancer in Connecticut. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 8, 407-411 (1999).
23. Zheng, T. et al. β-benzene hexachloride in breast adipose tissue and risk of breast carcinoma. Cancer 85, 2212-2218 (1999).
24. Zheng, T. et al. Oxychlordane and trans-nonachlor in breast adipose tissue and risk of female breast cancer. J. Epidemiol. Biostat. 5, 153-160 (2000).
25. Gammon, M. D. et al. Environmental toxins and breast cancer on Long Island. II. Organochlorine compound levels in blood. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 11, 686-697 (2002).
26. Laden, F. et al. 1, 1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene and polychlorinated biphenyls and breast cancer: combined analysis of five U. S. studies. J. Natl Cancer Inst. 93, 768-776 (2001).
27. Schoenfeld, E. R. et al. Magnetic field exposure assessment: a comparison of various methods. Bioelectromagnetics 20, 487-496 (1999).
28. Schoenfeld, E. R. et al. Electromagnetic fields and breast cancer on Long Island: a case-control study. Am. J. Epidemiol. 158, 47-58 (2003).
29. Kabat, G. C. et al. Electric blanket use and breast cancer on Long Island. Epidemiology 14, 514-520 (2003).
30. Jaga, K. & Dharmani, C. Global surveillance of DDT and DDE levels in human tissues. Int. J. Occup. Med. Environ. Health 16, 7-20 (2003).
31. Stellman, S. D. et al. Relative abundance of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in adipose tissue and serum of women in Long Island, New York. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 7, 489-496 (1998).
32. Rather, J. Breast cancer groups question new study. New York Times (3 Dec 2000).
33. Fagin, D. Still searching: a computer mapping system was supposed to help unearth information about breast cancer and the environment. Newsday (30 Jul 2002).
34. Toy, V. What next? New York Times (11 Aug 2002).
35. Fagin, D. Breast cancer causes still elusive. Study: no clear link between pollution, breast cancer on Long Island. Newsday (6 Aug 2002).
36. International Agency for Research on Cancer. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 43: Man-made Mineral Fibers and Radon. (International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, 1988).
37. International Agency for Research on Cancer. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 83: Tobacco smoke and involuntary smoking. (International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, 2002).
38. International Agency for Research on Cancer. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 84: Some Drinking-water Disinfectants and Contaminants, Including Arsenic (International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, 2004).
39. International Agency for Research on Cancer. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 55: Solar and Ultra-violet Radiation (International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, 1992).
40. Thun, M. J. & Sinks, T. Understanding cancer clusters. CA Cancer J. Clin. 54, 273-280 (2004).
41. Whittemore, A. S. Breast cancer in Marin County. Breast Cancer Res. 5, 232-234 (2003).
42. Kolata, G. What causes cancer: can science find the missing link? New York Times (8 Nov 2002).
43. Twombly, R. After Long Island study, advocates look for a stronger voice. J. Natl Cancer Inst. 94, 1349 (2002).
44. Clarke, C. A. et al. Breast cancer incidence and mortality trends in an affluent population: Marin County, California, USA, 1990-1999. Breast Cancer Res. 4, R13 (2002).
45. Ward, E., Jemal, A. & Thun, M. Regarding increase in breast cancer incidence in middle-aged women during the 1990s'. Ann. Epidemiol. 15, 424-425 (2005).
46. Clarke, C. A., Prehn, A. W., Keegan, T. H., Glaser, S. L. & West, D. W. Response to letter by ward et al. Ann. Epidemiol. 15, 426-427 (2005).
47. Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce. Regional Economic Accounts. http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/data.htm (2005).
48. Kelsey, J. L. & Bernstein, L. Epidemiology and prevention of breast cancer. Annu. Rev. Public Health 17, 47-67 (1996).
49. Reynolds, P. et al. Regional variations in breast cancer among California teachers. Epidemiology 15, 746-754 (2004).
50. Reynolds, P. et al. Regional variations in breast cancer incidence among California women, 1988-1997. Cancer Causes Control 16, 139-150 (2005).
51. Wrensch, M. et al. Risk factors for breast cancer in a population with high incidence rates. Breast Cancer Res. 5, R88-R102 (2003).
52. Hwang, E. S. et al. Risk factors for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Arch. Surg. 140, 58-62 (2005).
53. McKelvey, R. A., Wright, J. P. & Honegger, J. L. A comparison of crop and non-crop plants as sensitive indicator species for regulatory testing. Pest. Manag. Sci. 58, 1161-1174 (2002).
54. Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Atlas, http://library. silentspring.org/atlas/breastcancer/sir.asp (2005).
55. General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2001 for the Maintenance of the Departments, Boards, Commissions, Institutions and Certain Activities of the Commonwealth, for Interest, Sinking Fund and Serial Bond Requirements and for Certain Permanent Improvements. Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts, Section 2, 4570-1500. Boston, Massachusetts, http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw00/ sl000159.htm (2005).
56. Brody, J. G. et al. Breast cancer risk and historical exposure to pesticides from wide-area applications assessed with GIS. Environ. Health Perspect. 112, 889-897 (2004).
57. Vieira, V., Webster, T., Weinberg, J., Aschengrau, A. & Ozonoff, D. Spatial analysis of lung, colorectal, and breast cancer on Cape Cod: an application of generalized additive models to case-control data. Environ. Health 4, 11 (2005).
58. Vieira, V., Aschengrau, A. & Ozonoff, D. Impact of tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water on the risk of breast cancer: using a dose model to assess exposure in a case-control study. Environ. Health 4, 3 (2005).
59. Coogan, P. F. & Aschengrau, A. Occupational physical activity and breast cancer risk in the upper Cape Cod cancer incidence study. Am. J. Ind. Med. 36, 279-285 (1999).
60. Coogan, P. F. & Aschengrau, A. Exposure to power frequency magnetic fields and risk of breast cancer in the Upper Cape Cod Cancer Incidence Study. Arch. Environ. Health 53, 359-367 (1998).
61. Aschengrau, A., Coogan, P. F., Quinn, M. & Cashins, L. J. Occupational exposure to estrogenic chemicals and the occurrence of breast cancer: an exploratory analysis. Am. J. Ind. Med. 34, 6-14 (1998).
62. National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals 307-344 (National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005).
63. Calle, E. E., Frumkin, H., Henley, S. J., Savitz, D. A. & Thun, M. J. Organochlorines and breast cancer risk. CA Cancer J. Clin. 52, 301-309 (2002).
64. Feychting, M., Ahlbom, A. & Kheifets, L. EMF and health. Annu. Rev. Public Health 26, 165-189 (2005).
65. Negri, E., Bosetti, C., Fattore, E. & La Vecchia, C. Environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and breast cancer: a systematic review of the epidemiological evidence. Eur. J. Cancer Prev. 12, 509-516 (2003).
66. Collyar, D. How have patient advocates in the United States benefited cancer research? Nature Rev. Cancer 5, 73-78 (2005).
67. Claudio, L. Breast cancer takes center stage. Environ. Health Perspect. 112, A92-A94, A95 (2004).
68. New York State Department of Health. Breast cancer in New York State by ZIP Code, 1993-1997. http://www.health.state.ny.us (2005).
69. Menzie, C. A., Potocki, B. B. & Santodonato, J. Exposure to Carcinogenic PAHs in the Environment. Environmental Science & Technology 26, 1278-1284 (1992).
70. Morris, J. J. & Seifter, E. The role of aromatic hydrocarbons in the genesis of breast cancer. Med. Hypotheses 38, 177-184 (1992).
71. Stevens, R. G. Electric power use and breast cancer: a hypothesis. Am. J. Epidemiol. 125, 556-561 (1987).
72. Terry, M. B. et al. Association of frequency and duration of aspirin use and hormone receptor status with breast cancer risk. JAMA 291, 2433-2440 (2004).
73. Gaudet, M. M. et al. Fruits, vegetables, and micronutrients in relation to breast cancer modified by menopause and hormone receptor status. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 13, 1485-1494 (2004).
74. Kabat, G. C. et al. Urinary estrogen metabolites and breast cancer: a case-control study. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 6, 505-509 (1997).
75. Eng, S. M. et al. Body size changes in relation to postmenopausal breast cancer among women on Long Island, New York. Am. J. Epidemiol. 162, 229-237 (2005).
76. Gammon, M. D. et al. Environmental tobacco smoke and breast cancer incidence. Environ. Res. 96, 176-185 (2004).
77. Ahn, J. et al. Associations between breast cancer risk and the catalase genotype, fruit and vegetable consumption, and supplement use. Am. J. Epidemiol. 28 Sept 2005 (doi:10.1093/aje/kwi306).
78. Chen, J. et al. One-carbon metabolism, MTHFR polymorphisms, and risk of breast cancer. Cancer Res. 65, 1606-1614 (2005).
79. Shen, J. et al. Polymorphisms in XRCC1 modify the association between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts, cigarette smoking, dietary antioxidants, and breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 14, 336-342 (2005).
80. Shen, J. et al. MGMT genotype modulates the associations between cigarette smoking, dietary antioxidants and breast cancer risk. Carcinogenesis 13 Jul 2005 (doi:10.1093/carcin/bgi179).
81. Terry, M. B. et al. Polymorphism in the DNA repair gene XPD, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts, cigarette smoking, and breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 13, 2053-2058 (2004).
82. Santella, R. M. et al. DNA adducts, DNA repair genotype/phenotype and cancer risk. Mutat. Res. 14 Jul 2005 (doi:10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2005.06.001).
83. Ahn, J. et al. Myeloperoxidase genotype, fruit and vegetable consumption, and breast cancer risk. Cancer Res. 64, 7634-7639 (2004).
84. O'Leary, E. S. et al. Wire coding in the EMF and Breast Cancer on Long Island Study: relationship to magnetic fields. J. Expo. Anal. Environ. Epidemiol. 13, 283-293 (2003).
85. Wolff, M. S., Camann, D., Gammon, M. & Stellman, S. D. Proposed PCB congener groupings for epidemiological studies. Environ. Health Perspect. 105, 13-14 (1997).
86. Lisitsyn, N. A. et al. Comparative genomic analysis of tumors: detection of DNA losses and amplification. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 92, 151-155 (1995).
87. Jacquez, G. M. & Greiling, D. A. Local clustering in breast, lung and colorectal cancer in Long Island, New York. Int. J. Health Geogr. 2, 3 (2003).
88. Jacquez, G. M. & Greiling, D. A. Geographic boundaries in breast, lung and colorectal cancers in relation to exposure to air toxics in Long Island, New York. Int. J. Health Geogr. 2, 4 (2003).
89. Gammon, M. D. et al. Treatment for breast cancer and blood levels of chlorinated hydrocarbons. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 5, 467-471 (1996).
90. Gammon, M. D. et al. Temporal variation in chlorinated hydrocarbons in healthy women. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 6, 327-332 (1997).
91. Shantakumar, S. et al. Residential environmental exposures and other characteristics associated with detectable PAH-DNA adducts in peripheral mononuclear cells in a population-based sample of adult females. J. Expo. Anal. Environ. Epidemiol. 27 Apr 2005 (doi:10.10.38/sj.jea.7500426).
92. Yao, Y. et al. Scatter factor protein levels in human breast cancers: clinicopathological and biological correlations. Am. J. Pathol. 149, 1707-1717 (1996).
93. Lane, D. S., Messina, C. R. & Grimson, R. An educational approach to improving physician breast cancer screening practices and counseling skills. Patient. Educ. Couns. 43, 287-299 (2001).
94. Teitelbaum, S. L. Questionnaire assessment of nonoccupational pesticide exposure in epidemiologic studies of cancer. J. Expo. Anal. Environ. Epidemiol. 12, 373-380 (2002).
95. Wolff, M. S. et al. Improving organochlorine biomarker models for cancer research. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 14, 2224-2236 (2005).
96. Aschengrau, A., Rogers, S. & Ozonoff, D. Perchloroethylene- contaminated drinking water and the risk of breast cancer: additional results from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Environ. Health Perspect. 111, 167-173 (2003).
97. Fagin, D. 'No closed doors'. Activists to push studies on toxins, breast cancer link. Newday (7 Aug 2002).
98. Sturgeon, S. R. et al. Geographic variation in mortality from breast cancer among white women in the United States. J. Natl Cancer Inst. 87, 1846-1853 (1995).