Cadmium exposure and endometrial cancer risk: A large midwestern U.S. population-based case-control study.

ABSTRACT: Estrogen-mimicking chemicals, such as cadmium, may be associated with increased susceptibility to hormone-dependent cancers, though supporting data are sparse, particularly for endometrial cancer. The Health and Environmental Exposure Research (HEER) study worked with the Arkansas Central Cancer Registry, Iowa Cancer Registry and Missouri Cancer Registry to obtain names of women diagnosed with endometrial cancer who were willing to be contacted for participation in our case control study. Voter registration lists from Iowa and Missouri were used to randomly select similarly aged women as represented in the case population. Participants were interviewed by telephone to obtain information on known or suspected endometrial risk factors. Urine kits were sent to participants for home collection

SUBMITTER: McElroy JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5524364 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature