Risk Factors for Breast Cancer for Women Aged 40 to 49 Years
Authors: Philippe Autier
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2012)

Letters2 October 2012Risk Factors for Breast Cancer for Women Aged 40 to 49 YearsPhilippe Autier, MDPhilippe Autier, MDFrom International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon 69002, France.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-157-7-201210020-00016 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Screening is more effective when the incidence of the target disease is high (that is, more deaths will be prevented while fewer positive screening test results will be false-positive). The idea of optimizing screening effectiveness in women aged 40 to 49 years by targeting those with greater risk for breast cancer is appealing. The review of breast cancer risk factors by Nelson and colleagues (1) may guide physicians on how to provide personalized counseling to premenopausal women about the likely benefits and side effects of mammography screening. The review found that breast radiologic density, family history, reproductive ...References1. Nelson HD, Zakher B, Cantor A, Fu R, Griffin J, O'Meara ES, et al. Risk factors for breast cancer for women aged 40 to 49 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2012;156:635-48. [PMID: 22547473] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Barnett GC, Shah M, Redman K, Easton DF, Ponder BA, Pharoah PD. Risk factors for the incidence of breast cancer: do they affect survival from the disease? J Clin Oncol. 2008;26:3310-6. [PMID: 18612147] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Chiu SY, Duffy S, Yen AM, Tabár L, Smith RA, Chen HH. Effect of baseline breast density on breast cancer incidence, stage, mortality, and screening parameters: 25-year follow-up of a Swedish mammographic screening. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010;19:1219-28. [PMID: 20406961] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Loi S, Milne RL, Friedlander ML, McCredie MR, Giles GG, Hopper JL, et al. Obesity and outcomes in premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005;14:1686-91. [PMID: 16030102] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Daling JR, Malone KE, Doody DR, Anderson BO, Porter PL. The relation of reproductive factors to mortality from breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002;11:235-41. [PMID: 11895871] MedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon 69002, France.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoRisk Factors for Breast Cancer for Women Aged 40 to 49 Years Heidi D. Nelson , Bernadette Zakher , Amy Cantor , Rongwei Fu , Jessica Griffin , Ellen S. O'Meara , Diana S.M. Buist , Karla Kerlikowske , Nicolien T. van Ravesteyn , Amy Trentham-Dietz , Jeanne S. Mandelblatt , and Diana L. Miglioretti Risk Factors for Breast Cancer for Women Aged 40 to 49 Years Heidi D. Nelson , Bernadette Zakher , and Amy Cantor Metrics Cited byRisk Factors of Coronary Artery Abnormality in Children With Kawasaki Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisRisk Factors as Biomarkers of Susceptibility in Breast CancerMammography screening: A major issue in medicineHair Coloring, Stress, and Smoking Increase the Risk of Breast Cancer: A Case-Control Study 2 October 2012Volume 157, Issue 7Page: 529KeywordsBiopsyBirthBreast cancerCancer risk factorsConflicts of interestDeath ratesMammographyMedical risk factorsOral contraceptive therapyOverweight ePublished: 2 October 2012 Issue Published: 2 October 2012 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2012 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...