Anthropometric and Hormonal Risk Factors for Male Breast Cancer: Male Breast Cancer Pooling Project Results.

Summary, in English

The etiology of male breast cancer is poorly understood, partly because of its relative rarity. Although genetic factors are involved, less is known regarding the role of anthropometric and hormonally related risk factors.

• Author: Louise A Brinton; Michael B Cook; Valerie McCormack; Kenneth C Johnson; Håkan Olsson; John T Casagrande; Rosie Cooke; Roni T Falk; Susan M Gapstur; Mia M Gaudet; J Michael Gaziano; Georgios Gkiokas; Pascal Guénel; Brian E Henderson; Albert Hollenbeck; Ann W Hsing; Laurence N Kolonel; Claudine Isaacs; Jay H Lubin; Karin B Michels; Eva Negri; Dominick Parisi; Eleni Th Petridou; Malcolm C Pike; Elio Riboli; Howard D Sesso; Kirk Snyder; Anthony J Swerdlow; Dimitrios Trichopoulos; Giske Ursin; Piet A van den Brandt; Stephen K Van Den Eeden; Elisabete Weiderpass; Walter C Willett; Marianne Ewertz; David B Thomas
• Department/s: BioCARE: Biomarkers in Cancer Medicine improving Health Care, Education and Innovation; Breastcancer-genetics; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Pages: 465-465
• Publication/Series: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
• Volume: 106
• Issue: 3
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24552677?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djt465
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Topic: Cancer and Oncology
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1460-2105