Data On Breast Cancer Published By Researchers At University Of London

According to a study from London, the United Kingdom, "The relationship between solar exposure or dietary vitamin D intake and breast cancer risk has not been fully elucidated. These associations were studied within the Women's Lifestyle and Health Cohort Study, a cohort of 49,259 Swedish women ages 30 to 50 years at baseline (1991-1992)."

"Women were asked about solar exposure and completed a food frequency questionnaire and were followed-up through linkages to national registries until December 2004. In the current analyses, 41,889 women were included, 840 of whom were diagnosed with breast cancer during follow-up. Breast cancer risk was not related to solar exposure variables, including sun sensitivity, annual number of sunburns, time spent on sunbathing vacations, or solarium use at any age period of exposure. There was also no association with dietary vitamin D intake or supplementary multivitamin use," wrote H. Kuper and colleagues, University of London.

The researchers concluded: "These relationships were not modified after stratifying by estrogen or progesterone receptor status. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009;18(9):2558-61)."

Kuper and colleagues published the results of their research in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention (Prospective Study of Solar Exposure, Dietary Vitamin D Intake, and Risk of Breast Cancer among Middle-aged Women. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 2009;18(9):2558-2561).

For additional information, contact H. Kuper, University of London, Dept. of Epidemiology & Population Health, Keppel St., London WC1E 7HT, UK.

The publisher of the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention can be contacted at: American Association Cancer Research, 615 Chestnut St., 17TH Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106-4404, USA.

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