The global burden of breast cancer is on the rise making it the malignancy with the highest incidence among women worldwide. Yet, much of the international variation of breast cancer incidence cannot be explained with known or suspected risk factors. Attention has shifted to earlier time periods of a women's life recognizing the specil susceptibility of the prepubertal mammary gland tissue to environmental influences. The considerable time lag between events prior to or at puberty and diagnosis of breast cancer spanning several decades have made prospective studies difficult to accomplish. Early onset of mammary gland development and high breast density have been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and can serve as early putative markers of breast cancer risk. A high proportion of radiographically dense area of the breast is one of the strongest known risk factor for breast cancer and may be established at the time of breast development at puberty. We propose to use an existing cohort of about 515 prepubertal Chilean girls born in 2002 to address the relation between putative early markers of breast cancer risk, specifically onset of mammary gland development (Tanner stage 2) and volume of dense breast tissue measured by DXA at Tanner stage 4 and a number of antecedents: endocrine-disrupting chemicals, specifically bisphenol A and phthalates; frequent consumption of high fat dairy products and red meat; blood levels of inflammatory markers, specifically interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor, and C-reactive protein; global DNA methylation, promoter methylation pattern, and methylation of the ER gene.

Public Health Relevance

Assessing antecedents of the onset of mammary gland development and of breast density at puberty is of paramount importance for understanding determinants of breast cancer susceptibility and pathways through which early breast development and breast density affect breast cancer risk.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
7R01CA158313-05
Application #
9439278
Study Section
Epidemiology of Cancer Study Section (EPIC)
Program Officer
Lam, Tram K
Project Start
2012-09-13
Project End
2018-01-31
Budget Start
2016-07-01
Budget End
2018-01-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2015
Total Cost
$160,730
Indirect Cost
$56,075
Name
University of California Los Angeles
Department
Public Health & Prev Medicine
Type
Schools of Public Health
DUNS #
092530369
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90095
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