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Key Findings from CBCS I and II


We are studying how the environment (where you live) and what you inherit (your genes) affect your risk of breast cancer.

Summary Powerpoint Presentation: "The Carolina Breast Cancer Study: Past, Present, and Future"

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Recommended Key Papers

Newman B, Mu H, Butler LM, Millikan RC, Moorman PG, King M-C. Frequency of breast cancer attributable to BRCA1 in a population-based series of American women. JAMA 279: 915-921, 1998. Abstract PDF

Rockhill B, Moorman PG, Newman B. Age at menarche, time to regular cycling, and risk of breast cancer. Cancer Causes and Control: 447-53, 1998.Abstract

Huang W-Y, Newman B, Millikan R, Schell M, Hulka B, Moorman P. Hormone-related factors and risk of breast cancer by estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor status. American Journal of Epidemiology (US) 151(7): 703-714, 2000. Abstract PDF

Moorman P, Jones B, Millikan R, Hall I, Newman B. Race, Anthropometric Factors and Stage at Diagnosis of Breast Cancer. American Journal of Epidemiology 153: 284-91, 2001. Abstract PDF

Hall I, Moorman P, Millikan R, and Newman B.. Comparative analysis of breast cancer risk factors among African-American women and white women. American Journal of Epidemiology 161: 40-51, 2005. Abstract PDF

Furberg H, Millikan R, Dressler L, Newman B, Geradts J. Tumor characteristics in African American and white women. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 68: 33-43 2001. Abstract

Carey L, Perou C, Livasy C, Dressler L, Cowan D, Conway K, Karaca G, Troester M, Tse C-K, Edmiston S, Deming S, Geradts J, Cheang M, Nielson T, Moorman P, Earp H, Millikan R. Race, Breast Cancer Subtypes and Survival in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. Journal of the American Medical Association 295: 2492-2502, 2006. Abstract PDF

Millikan R, Newman B, Tse C-K, Moorman P, Conway K, Smith L, Labbok M, Geradts J, Bensen, Jackson S, Nyante S, Livasy C, Carey L, Earp H, Perou C. Epidemiology of basal-like breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 190: 123-139, 2008. Abstract

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