Katie M O'Brien1, Jenny Sun1, Dale P Sandler2, Lisa A DeRoo2,3, Clarice R Weinberg4. 1. Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 111 TW Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA. 2. Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. 3. Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. 4. Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 111 TW Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA. weinberg@niehs.nih.gov.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Young-onset breast cancers tend to be more aggressive than later-onset tumors and may have different risk factor profiles. Among young-onset cases, there may also be etiologic differences between ductal carcinomas in situ (DCIS) and invasive breast cancer, particularly if some factors promote malignant transformation. METHODS: We evaluated the association between several potential risk factors and young-onset breast cancer in the Two Sister Study (2008-2010), a sister-matched case-control study involving 1,406 women diagnosed with breast cancer before age 50 (1,185 invasive, 221 DCIS) and 1,648 controls. RESULTS: Older age at menarche, younger age at menopause, premenopausal hysterectomy, early age at first-term pregnancy, obesity, and consumption of alcohol were associated with reduced risk of young-onset breast cancer. These patterns remained when we limited analysis to invasive breast cancers. In general, effect estimates were similar for young-onset invasive breast cancer and DCIS, although the number of DCIS cases was small. CONCLUSIONS: In this sister-matched case-control study of young-onset breast cancer, many of the studied risk factors were associated with young-onset invasive breast cancer. There were few discernable differences in risk factors for young-onset DCIS versus young-onset invasive breast cancer.
PURPOSE: Young-onset breast cancers tend to be more aggressive than later-onset tumors and may have different risk factor profiles. Among young-onset cases, there may also be etiologic differences between ductal carcinomas in situ (DCIS) and invasive breast cancer, particularly if some factors promote malignant transformation. METHODS: We evaluated the association between several potential risk factors and young-onset breast cancer in the Two Sister Study (2008-2010), a sister-matched case-control study involving 1,406 women diagnosed with breast cancer before age 50 (1,185 invasive, 221 DCIS) and 1,648 controls. RESULTS: Older age at menarche, younger age at menopause, premenopausal hysterectomy, early age at first-term pregnancy, obesity, and consumption of alcohol were associated with reduced risk of young-onset breast cancer. These patterns remained when we limited analysis to invasive breast cancers. In general, effect estimates were similar for young-onset invasive breast cancer and DCIS, although the number of DCIS cases was small. CONCLUSIONS: In this sister-matched case-control study of young-onset breast cancer, many of the studied risk factors were associated with young-onset invasive breast cancer. There were few discernable differences in risk factors for young-onset DCIS versus young-onset invasive breast cancer.
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Breast cancer; Ductal carcinoma in situ; Etiologic heterogeneity; Young-onset breast cancer
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