Journal article
Prediagnosis reproductive factors and all-cause mortality for women with breast cancer in the breast cancer family registry
KA Phillips, RL Milne, DW West, PJ Goodwin, GG Giles, ET Chang, JC Figueiredo, ML Friedlander, THM Keegan, G Glendon, C Apicella, FP O'Malley, MC Southey, IL Andrulis, EM John, JL Hopper
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention | AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH | Published : 2009
Abstract
Studies have examined the prognostic relevance of reproductive factors before breast cancer diagnosis, but most have been small and their overall findings inconclusive. Associations between reproductive risk factors and all-cause mortality after breast cancer diagnosis were assessed with the use of a population-based cohort of 3,107 women of White European ancestry with invasive breast cancer (1,130 from Melbourne and Sydney, Australia; 1,441 from Ontario, Canada; and 536 from Northern California, United States). During follow-up with a median of 8.5 years, 567 deaths occurred. At recruitment, questionnaire data were collected on oral contraceptive use, number of fullterm pregnancies, age at..
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Funding Acknowledgements
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia grant 145604, U.S. NIH grant RO1 CA102740-01A2, and National Cancer Institute NIH grant under RFA CA-06-503. Cooperative agreements with members of the Breast Cancer Family Registry and principal investigators, including Cancer Care Ontario (UO1 CA69467), Columbia University (U01 CA69398), Fox Chase Cancer Center (U01 CA69631), Huntsman Cancer Institute (U01 CA69446), Northern California Cancer Center (U01 CA69417), and University of Melbourne (U01 CA69638). The Australian Breast Cancer Family Stud), was also supported by the NHMRC of Australia, the New South Wales Cancer Council, and the Victorian Health promotion Foundation. Cancer Council Victoria John Colebalch Clinical Research Fellowship (K-A. Phillips). J. Hopper is a NHMRC Australia fellow and Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium group leader.