A possible link between prenatal exposure to famine and breast cancer: a preliminary study. |
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| Authors: | R C Painter S R De Rooij P M M Bossuyt C Osmond D J P Barker O P Bleker T J Roseboom |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
In a study of 475 women born around the 1944-1945 Dutch famine, women exposed to prenatal famine more often reported a history of breast cancer than nonexposed women (hazard ratio, 2.6; 95% confidence interval, 0.9-7.7). They also had alterations in reproductive risk factors. Prenatal famine may increase breast cancer incidence. |
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