Prospective Analyses of Hormone Levels, Alcohol Intake, and Body Fat Distribution in Relation to Breast Cancer Risk
Abstract
This career development award is allowing me to increase my expertise in the area of hormones, hormonally-related factors and risk of breast cancer. I proposed to prospectively assess plasma hormone levels, alcohol use and body fat distribution in relation to breast cancer risk. In year two of this award, I completed the analyses of plasma hormone levels and breast cancer. We observed significant positive associations between several plasma estrogens and plasma prolactin in relation to risk. Two manuscripts have resulted from this work: the first (assessing sex steroid hormone levels) is "in press" at JNCI and the second manuscript (assessing prolactin levels) was just submitted to JNCI. The analyses of body fat distribution also have been completed. This manuscript, for which I am the senior author, was recently submitted to JAMA for publication.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADB239327
Entities
People
- Susan E. Hankinson
Organizations
- Brigham and Women's Hospital