Urinary concentrations of environmental phenols and their associations with breast cancer incidence and mortality following breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Environmental phenols, compounds used widely in personal care and consumer products, are known endocrine disruptors. Few epidemiologic studies have examined the association of phenol biomarkers with breast cancer incidence and, to our knowledge, none have considered associations with mortality following breast cancer. We examined seven urinary phenol biomarkers in association with breast cancer incidence and subsequent mortality, and examined effect measure modification by body mass index (BMI).

Methods

Participants included 711 women with breast cancer and 598 women without breast cancer who were interviewed for the population-based Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project. Among women with breast cancer, phenol biomarkers were quantified in spot urine samples col

SUBMITTER: Parada H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6679996 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature