Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0761 |
| Title: | A possible link between prenatal exposure to famine and breast cancer: a preliminary study |
| Author(s): | Painter RC, Osmond C |
| Reference: | Am J Hum Biol. 2006 Nov-Dec;18(6):853-6 |
| Place of Study: | Netherlands |
| Abstract: | In a study of 475 women born around the 1944-1945 Dutch famine, women exposed to prenatal famine more often reported a history of breast cancer than nonexposed women (hazard ratio, 2.6; 95% confidence interval, 0.9-7.7). They also had alterations in reproductive risk factors. Prenatal famine may increase breast cancer incidence |
| Keyword(s): | breast cancer, famine |
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