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Body size, physical activity, and risk of triple-negative and estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Triple-negative breast cancer, characterized by a lack of hormone receptor and HER2 expression, is associated with a particularly poor prognosis. Focusing on potentially modifiable breast cancer risk factors, we examined the relationship between body size, physical activity, and triple-negative disease risk. METHODS:Using data from 155,723 women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative (median follow-up, 7.9 years), we assessed associations between baseline body mass index (BMI), BMI in earlier adulthood, waist and hip circumference, waist-hip ratio, recreational physical activity, and risk of triple-negative (n=307) and estrogen receptor-positive (ER+, n=2,610) breast cancers. RESULTS:Women in the highest versus lowest BMI quartile had 1.35-fold (95% CI, 0.92-1.99) and 1.39-fold (95% CI, 1.22-1.58) increased risks of triple-negative and ER+ breast cancers, respectively. Waist and hip circumferences were positively associated with risk of ER+ breast cancer (Ptrend=0.01 for both measures) but were not associated with triple-negative breast cancer. Compared with women who reported no recreational physical activity, women in the highest activity tertile had similarly lower risks of triple-negative and ER+ breast cancers (HR=0.77; 95% CI, 0.51-1.13; and HR=0.85; 95% CI, 0.74-0.98, respectively). CONCLUSIONS:Despite biological and clinical differences, triple-negative and ER+ breast cancers are similarly associated with BMI and recreational physical activity in postmenopausal women. The biological mechanisms underlying these similarities are uncertain and these modest associations require further investigation. IMPACT:If confirmed, these results suggest potential ways postmenopausal women might modify their risk of both ER+ and triple-negative breast cancers.

SUBMITTER: Phipps AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3064558 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Body size, physical activity, and risk of triple-negative and estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.

Phipps Amanda I AI   Chlebowski Rowan T RT   Prentice Ross R   McTiernan Anne A   Stefanick Marcia L ML   Wactawski-Wende Jean J   Kuller Lewis H LH   Adams-Campbell Lucile L LL   Lane Dorothy D   Vitolins Mara M   Kabat Geoffrey C GC   Rohan Thomas E TE   Li Christopher I CI  

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20110301 3


<h4>Background</h4>Triple-negative breast cancer, characterized by a lack of hormone receptor and HER2 expression, is associated with a particularly poor prognosis. Focusing on potentially modifiable breast cancer risk factors, we examined the relationship between body size, physical activity, and triple-negative disease risk.<h4>Methods</h4>Using data from 155,723 women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative (median follow-up, 7.9 years), we assessed associations between baseline body mass i  ...[more]

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