Environmental Factors and Breast Cancer

Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Silent Spring Institute have published “Environmental Factors in Breast Cancer”, the most comprehensive review to date of scientific research on environmental factors that may increase breast cancer risk.The study findings were released today in the scientific journal Cancer. The state-of-the-science review, commissioned by Komen for the Cure and conducted by the Silent Spring Institute with additional researchers from Harvard University, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University of Southern California, collected and assessed existing scientific reports on potential links between specific environmental factors and breast cancer. The researchers synthesized national and international data sources and identified 216 chemicals that cause breast tumors in animals. They used the information to create a unique searchable online database featuring detailed information on the carcinogens. The database, accessible at www.komen.org/environment, is available free of charge and will be of particular interest to researchers, healthcare workers, policymakers and some members of the public. Komen for the Cure’s goal in funding Silent Spring initiative was to determine where there is consensus within the scientific community on the relationship between environmental factors and breast cancer and where additional research or improved research methods are needed. Such information can help […]

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