
Heterocyclic aromatic amines, formed in meat during high temperature cooking, have been shown to be mutagenic and carcinogenic in animals.
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.
EVIDENCE
FROM HUMANS
Review Articles
COMMENTARIES ON THE SCIENCE REVIEWS

Review Articles
- Environmental chemicals and breast cancer: An updated review of epidemiological literature informed by biological mechanisms - Article (pdf)
Rodgers, K.M., J.O. Udesky, R.A. Rudel, J.G. Brody. 2018. Environmental Research. 160: 152-182.- Environmental pollutants and breast cancer - Article (pdf), 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 (pdf), 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 (pdf)
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 - Abstract
Xue, R., and Michels, K.B. 2007. Lancet Oncology, 8 (12): 1088-1100.
EVIDENCE FROM ANIMALS
Review Articles
- Animal mammary gland carcinogens - Article (pdf), 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 (pdf), 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 (pdf)
Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 2007. Cancer, 109 (S12): 2750-2751. [online May 14, 2007, print June 15, 2007]