Environmental and lifestyle risk factors of breast cancer in Malta-a retrospective case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim and background

Environmental exposures are known to play a role in the development of cancer, including breast cancer. There are known associations of breast cancer with environmental factors such as sunlight exposure, diet and exercise and alcohol consumption as well as physiological factors. This study examines the prevalence of risk factors for breast cancer related to dietary intake, environment and lifestyle in the female population of Malta. Malta has had little research in this area, and therefore an exploratory study was carried out.

Methods

A retrospective case-control design was applied. Two hundred cases and 403 controls were included. Both cases and controls were subjects without a known family history for breast cancer. Controls were age-matched to cases in

SUBMITTER: Cauchi JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5029064 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature