Increased breast cancer prevalence among female orthopedic surgeons

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 683-689

  Chou, Loretta B ^a   Chandran, Sheena ^b   Harris, Alex H S ^a   Tung, Joanna ^a   Butler, Lesley M ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862206266     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2011.3342     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Diaz JH. Proportionate cancer mortality in methyl methacrylate-exposed orthopedic surgeons compared to general surgeons. J Med Toxicol 2011;7:125-132.
2. Yoshinaga S, Mabuchi K, Sigurdson AJ, Doody MM, Ron E. Cancer risks among radiologists and radiologic technologists: Review of epidemiologic studies. Radiology 2004;233: 313-321. (Pubitemid 39423786)
3. Chou LB, Cox CA, Tung JJ, Harris AH, Brooks-Terrell D, Sieh W. Prevalence of cancer in female orthopaedic surgeons in the United States. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:240-244.
4. Ronckers CM, Erdmann CA, Land CE. Radiation and breast cancer: A review of current evidence. Breast Cancer Res 2005;7:21-32. (Pubitemid 40214533)
5. John EM, Kelsey JL. Radiation and other environmental exposures and breast cancer. Epidemiol Rev 1993;15:157-162. (Pubitemid 23269078)
6. Kurian AW, Fish K, Shema SJ, Clarke CA. Lifetime risks of specific breast cancer subtypes among women in four racial/ethnic groups. Breast Cancer Res 2010;12:R99.
7. California Health Interview Survey. CHIS 2007 adult public use file [computer file]. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 2009.
8. California Health Interview Survey. CHIS 2009 adult public use file [computer file]. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 2011.
9. California Health Interview Survey. CHIS survey design and methods. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Available at www.chis.ucla.edu/methodology .html Accessed February 2, 2011.
10. California Health Interview Survey. CHIS 2007 adult questionnaire, version 5.2. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Available at http://chis.ucla.edu/default.asp# Accessed February 2, 2011.
11. California Health Interview Survey. CHIS 2009 adult questionnaire, version 3.4. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Available at www.chis.ucla.edu/main/PUF/download-2009.asp#questionnaires Accessed December 15, 2011.
12. Ries LAG, Melbert D, Krapcho M, et al. SEER cancer statistics review, 1975-2005, Bethesda: National Cancer Institute, 2008.
13. Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program. Cancer prevalence. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. Available at seer.cancer.gov/statistics/types/prevalence .html Accessed December 13, 2011.
14. Gail MH, Brinton LA, Byar DP, et al. Projecting individualized probabilities of developing breast cancer for white females who are being examined annually. J Natl Cancer Inst 1989;81:1879-1886. (Pubitemid 20026073)
15. Breslow NE, Day NE. Statistical methods in cancer research. Volume II: The design and analysis of cohort studies. IARC Sci Publications, 1987:69.
16. Norvell DC, Czerniecki JM, Reiber GE, Maynard C, Pecoraro JA, Weiss NS. The prevalence of knee pain and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis among veteran traumatic amputees and nonamputees. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2005;86:487-493. (Pubitemid 40326631)
17. van der Gulden JW, Verbeek AL. Re: A simple method to calculate the confidence interval of a standardized mortality ratio (SMR). Am J Epidemiol 1992;136:1170-1172.
18. Giordano BD, Baumhauer JF, Morgan TL, Rechtine GR 2nd. Patient and surgeon radiation exposure: Comparison of standard and mini-C-arm fluoroscopy. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2009;91:297-304.
19. Singer G. Occupational radiation exposure to the surgeon. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2005;13:69-76.
20. Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ, Mathews TJ, Osterman MJ. Births: Final data for 2008. Natl Vital Stat Rep 2010;59:1, 3-71.
21. Howlader N, Noone A, Krapcho M, et al. SEER cancer statistics review: 1975-2008. National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD. Available at seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975-2008/, based on November 2010 SEER data submission posted to the website in 2011.
22. Lyytinen H, Pukkala E, Ylikorkala O. Breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women using estradiol-progestogen therapy. Obstet Gynecol 2009;113:65-73.
23. Soerjomataram I, Pukkala E, Brenner H, Coebergh JW. On the avoidability of breast cancer in industrialized societies: Older mean age at first birth as an indicator of excess breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2008;111:297-302.
24. Li CI, Littman AJ, White E. Relationship between age maximum height is attained, age at menarche, and age at first full-term birth and breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16:2144-2149. (Pubitemid 47621192)
25. Li CI, Malone KE, Daling JR, et al. Timing of menarche and first full-term birth in relation to breast cancer risk. Am J Epidemiol 2008;167:230-239.
26. Mohan AK, Hauptmann M, Freedman DM, et al. Cancer and other causes of mortality among radiologic technologists in the United States. Int J Cancer 2003;103:259-267. (Pubitemid 35461520)
27. Sigurdson AJ, Doody MM, Rao RS, et al. Cancer incidence in the US Radiologic Technologists Health Study, 1983-1998. Cancer 2003;97:3080-3089. (Pubitemid 36676264)
28. Wang JX, Zhang LA, Li BX, et al. Cancer incidence and risk estimation among medical x-ray workers in China, 1950-1995. Health Phys 2002;82:455-466. (Pubitemid 34233399)
29. Doody MM, Freedman DM, Alexander BH, et al. Breast cancer incidence in U.S. radiologic technologists. Cancer 2006;106:2707-2715.
30. Sont WN, Zielinski JM, Ashmore JP, et al. First analysis of cancer incidence and occupational radiation exposure based on the National Dose Registry of Canada. Am J Epidemiol 2001;153:309-318. (Pubitemid 32144555)
31. Zabel EW, Alexander BH, Mongin SJ, et al. Thyroid cancer and employment as a radiologic technologist. Int J Cancer 2006;119:1940-1945. (Pubitemid 44356855)
32. Forssen UM, Rutqvist LE, Ahlbom A, Feychting M. Occupational magnetic fields and female breast cancer: A casecontrol study using Swedish population registers and new exposure data. Am J Epidemiol 2005;161:250-259. (Pubitemid 40223513)
33. Linet MS, Kim KP, Miller DL, Kleinerman RA, Simon SL, de Gonzalez AB. Historical review of occupational exposures and cancer risks in medical radiation workers. Radiat Res 2010;174:793-808.
34. Lie JA, Kjuus H, Zienolddiny S, Haugen A, Stevens RG, Kjaerheim K. Night work and breast cancer risk among Norwegian nurses: Assessment by different exposure metrics. Am J Epidemiol 2011;173:1272-1279.
35. Schernhammer ES, Laden F, Speizer FE, et al. Rotating night shifts and risk of breast cancer in women participating in the Nurses' Health Study. J Natl Cancer Inst 2001;93:1563-1568. (Pubitemid 32998486)
36. Stevens RG. Light-at-night, circadian disruption and breast cancer: Assessment of existing evidence. Int J Epidemiol 2009;38:963-970.