Open AccessLong-term PM2.5 exposure before diagnosis is associated with worse outcome in breast cancer
Author(s) -
Diddier Prada,
Andrea A. Baccarelli,
Mary Beth Terry,
Leonora Valdéz,
Paula Cabrera,
Allan C. Just,
Itai Kloog,
Haydee Caro,
Claudia M. García-Cuéllar,
Yesennia Sánchez-Pérez,
Raúl Cruz,
José DíazChávez,
Carlo Cortés,
Delia Pérez,
Abelardo Meneses-García,
David Cantú-de-León,
Luis A. Herrera,
Enrique Bargalló
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
breast cancer research and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.908
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1573-7217
pISSN - 0167-6806
DOI - 10.1007/s10549-021-06167-x
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , confidence interval , logistic regression , epidemiology , demography , cancer , relative risk , population , oncology , environmental health , sociology
Increasingly epidemiological evidence supports that environmental factors are associated with breast cancer (BC) outcomes after a BC diagnosis. Although evidence suggests that air pollution exposure is associated with higher mortality in women with BC, studies investigating potential mechanisms have been lacking.