Breast Cancer Resources
The following is a list of breast cancer resources and Web sites that you might find helpful. Also included are the primary references we used to write the RealAge Breast Cancer articles. When you click on a link, your browser will launch a new window, and you'll be visiting a third-party site. To return to RealAge, simply close the new window.
General Information
National Breast Cancer Foundation
National Cancer Institute – Breast Cancer
Primary Articles
Breast cancer treatment and natural history: new insights from results of screening. Tabar, L., Fagerberg, G., Day, N. E., et al., Lancet 1992 Feb 15;339(8790):412-414.
The Canadian National Breast Screening Study. Why? What next? And so what?. Baines, C. J., Cancer 1995 Nov 15;76(10 Suppl):2107-2112.
Does postmenopausal estrogen administration increase the risk of breast cancer? Contributions of animal, biochemical, and clinical investigative studies to a resolution of the controversy. Zumoff, B., Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 1998 Jan;217(1):30-37.
Environmental pollution, pesticides, and the prevention of cancer: misconceptions. Ames, B. N., Gold, L. S., Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal 1997 Nov;11(13):1041-1052.
Epidemiologic issues related to the association between physical activity and breast cancer. Friedenreich, C. M., Thune, I., Brinton, L. A., Albanes, D., Cancer 1998 Aug 1;83(3 Suppl):600-610.
Hormone replacement therapy and risk of breast cancer: results from epidemiologic studies. Colditz, G. A., Egan, K. M., Stampfer, M. J., American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1993 May;168(5):1473-1480.
Increased risk of breast cancer with alcohol consumption in postmenopausal women. Gapstur, S. M., Potter, J. D., Sellers, T. A., Folsom, A. R., American Journal of Epidemiology 1992 Nov 15;136(10):1221-1231.
The molecular basis of carcinogenesis: understanding the cell cycle clock. Weinberg, R. A., Cytokines and Molecular Therapy 1996 Jun;2(2):105-110.
Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields and breast cancer in men. Demers, P. A., Thomas, D. B., Rosenblatt, K. A., Jimenez, L. M., McTiernan, A., Stalsberg, H., Stemhagen, A., Thompson, W. D., Curnen, M.G., Satariano, W., et al., American Journal of Epidemiology 1991 Aug 15;134(4):340-7.
Overestimation of hereditary breast cancer risk. Iglehart, J. D., Miron, A., Rimer, B. K., Winer, E. P., Berry, D., Shildkraut, M. J., Annals of Surgery 1998 Sep;228(3):375-384.
The relation of breast size to breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women (United States). Egan, K. M., Newcomb, P. A., Titus-Ernstoff, L., Trentham-Dietz, A., Baron, J. A., Willett, W. C., Stampfer, M. J., Trichopoulos, D., Cancer Causes & Control 1999 Apr;10(2):115-8.
The role of breast self-examination in early breast cancer detection (results of the 5-years USSR/WHO randomized study in Leningrad). Semiglazov, V. F., Moiseyenko, V. M., Bavli, J. L., et al., European Journal of Epidemiology 1992 Jul;8(4):498-502.
Second round cancers: how many were visible on the first round of the UK National Breast Screening Programme, three years earlier?. Daly, C. A., Apthorp, L., Field, S., Clinical Radiology 1998 Jan;53(1):25-28.
