Oral contraceptive use and other risk factors in relation to HER-2/neu overexpression in breast cancer among young women

This study was undertaken to explore whether the incidence of breast tumors that overexpress HER-2/neu protein product (HER-2/neu+) is more strongly associated with oral contraceptives (OCs) and other factors than is the incidence of tumors that do not (HER-2/neu-). In a population-based sample of women <45 years, 42.9% (159 of 371) of in situ and invasive breast cancer cases were HER-2/neu+ as assessed by immunohistochemistry in archived tissue. Polytomous logistic regression was used to calculate the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for HER-2/neu+ and HER-2/neu-breast cancer, as compared with 462 population-based controls, in relation to OCs and other factors. The ratio of the ORs (HER-2/neu+ versus HER-2/neu-tumors) was used as an indicator of heterogeneity in risk. There was little heterogeneity in risk for OC use of 6 months or more by HER-2/neu status (age-adjusted ratio of ORs, 1.29; 95% CI, 0.83-2.00). Among early pill users (< or =18 years of age) heterogeneity was apparent (2.39; 95% CI, 1.08-5.30), which was attenuated in a multivariate model (1.99; 95% CI, 0.87-4.54); among cases with estrogen receptor-negative tumors, heterogeneity increased to 5-fold. For other risk factors, there was no marked heterogeneity between + and - tumors for HER-2/neu. In summary, the incidence of breast cancer among younger women in relation to OC use at an early age varied with HER-2/neu status, with the odds ratio for +tumors twice that for -tumors.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1999

Erschienen:

1999

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 8(1999), 5 vom: 30. Mai, Seite 413-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gammon, M D [VerfasserIn]
Hibshoosh, H [VerfasserIn]
Terry, M B [VerfasserIn]
Bose, S [VerfasserIn]
Schoenberg, J B [VerfasserIn]
Brinton, L A [VerfasserIn]
Bernstein, J L [VerfasserIn]
Thompson, W D [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Americas
Biology
Breast Cancer
Cancer
Case Control Studies
Contraception
Contraceptive Methods
Contraceptives, Oral
Developed Countries
Diseases
EC 2.7.10.1
Examinations And Diagnoses
Family Planning
Incidence
Journal Article
Laboratory Examinations And Diagnoses
Laboratory Procedures
Measurement
Multicenter Study
Neoplasms
New Jersey
North America
Northern America
Oral Contraceptives
Receptor, ErbB-2
Research Methodology
Research Report
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Risk Factors
Studies
United States

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.07.1999

Date Revised 20.11.2014

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM102827702