Amina Amadou, Thomas Coudon, Delphine Praud, Pietro Salizzoni, Karen Leffondre, Emilie Lévêque, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Aurélie M N Danjou, Xavier Morelli, Charlotte Le Cornet, Lionel Perrier, Florian Couvidat, Bertrand Bessagnet, Julien Caudeville, Elodie Faure, Francesca Romana Mancini, John Gulliver, Gianluca Severi, Béatrice Fervers
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer in women in industrialized countries. Lifestyle and environmental factors, particularly endocrine-disrupting pollutants, have been suggested to play a role in breast cancer risk. Current epidemiological studies, although not fully consistent, suggest a positive association of breast cancer risk with exposure to several International Agency for Research on Cancer Group 1 air-pollutant carcinogens, such as particulate matter, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), dioxins, Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), and cadmium...
September 15, 2020: JMIR Research Protocols