CIGARETTE-SMOKING AND THE RISK OF BREAST-CANCER
CIGARETTE-SMOKING AND THE RISK OF BREAST-CANCER
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036098
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发表时间:
1993-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
ROSENBERG, L
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作者:
PALMER, JR;ROSENBERG, L
In 1982, MacMahon et al.(1) reported a reduction in the urinary estrogen levels of smokers during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Based on that finding and other evidence, they hypothesized that cigarette smoking may reduce the risk of breast cancer. In 1986, however, Hiatt and Fireman (2) proposed a contrary hypothesis, that tobacco smoke may have a direct carcinogenic effect on the breast which could outweigh the benefits of a possible antiestrogenic effect. Their hypothesis was based in part on evidence that mutagens from cigarette smoke are concentrated in the breast fluid of nonlactating women (3) and that smokers have a higher incidence of cancers of other sites (including the cervix, pancreas, and bladder) which do not have direct contact with cigarette smoke (4). Numerous investigators have published data on the relation between cigarette smoking and breast cancer risk from both case-