Environment and Breast Cancer: Science Review

Exposure to perchloroethylene, an organic solvent, in drinking water was associated with a higher risk of breast cancer.
Reviews and commentaries on the Environment and Breast Cancer Science Reviews databases were published in Environmental Factors in Breast Cancer, a supplement issue of CANCER.

Review Articles
- Environmental chemicals and breast cancer: An updated review of epidemiological literature informed by biological mechanisms - Article
Rodgers, K.M., J.O. Udesky, R.A. Rudel, J.G. Brody. 2018. Environmental Research. 160: 152-182. - Environmental
pollutants and breast cancer - Article, Summary
(pdf)
Brody, J.G., Moysich, K.P., Humblet, O., Attfield, K. R., Beehler, G.B., Rudel, R.A. 2007. Cancer, 109 (S12): 2667-2712. [online May 14, 2007, print June 15, 2007]
- Diet
and breast cancer - Article, Summary
(pdf)
Michels, K.B., Mohllajee, A.P., Bahmanyar, E.R., Beehler, G.B., Moysich, K.P. 2007. Cancer, 109 (S12): 2712-2749. [online May 14, 2007, print June 15, 2007]
- Use of common medications and breast cancer risk - Article
Moysich, K.B., Beehler, G.P., Zirpoli, G., Choi, J.Y., Baker, J.A. 2008. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 17(7): 1564-1595.
- Intrauterine factors and risk of breast cancer: a systematic review and
meta-analysis of current evidence - Article
Xue, R., and Michels, K.B. 2007. Lancet Oncology, 8 (12): 1088-1100.
EVIDENCE FROM ANIMALS
Review Articles
- Animal
mammary gland carcinogens - Article, Summary
(pdf)
Rudel, R.A., Attfield, K. R., Schifano, J., Brody, J.G. 2007. Cancer, 109 (S12): 2635-2667. [online May 14, 2007, print June 15, 2007]

- Environment
and breast cancer - Where do we stand? - Commentary, Summary
(pdf)
Brody, J.G., Rudel, R.A., Michels, K.B., Moysich, K.P., Bernstein, L., Attfield, K. R., Gray, S. 2007. Cancer, 109 (S12): 2627-2634. [online May 14, 2007, print June 15, 2007]
- Breast
cancer advocates seek prevention - Commentary
Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 2007. Cancer, 109 (S12): 2750-2751. [online May 14, 2007, print June 15, 2007]