2003
Premenopausal Fat Intake and Risk of Breast Cancer
Cho E, Spiegelman D, Hunter DJ, Chen WY, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Willett WC. Premenopausal Fat Intake and Risk of Breast Cancer. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2003, 95: 1079-1085. PMID: 12865454, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/95.14.1079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer riskDietary fat intakeHigh-fat dairy foodsHealth Study IIFat intakeBreast cancerCancer riskRelative riskPremenopausal womenIncident invasive breast cancerNurses' Health Study IIElevated breast cancer riskRed meatMultivariable relative risksAnimal fat intakeFood frequency questionnaireInvasive breast cancerConfidence intervalsCase-control studyDairy foodsPremenopausal yearsPostmenopausal womenProspective studyHighest quintileLowest quintile
2000
Dietary fat intake and endogenous sex steroid hormone levels in postmenopausal women.
Holmes M, Spiegelman D, Willett W, Manson J, Hunter D, Barbieri R, Colditz G, Hankinson S. Dietary fat intake and endogenous sex steroid hormone levels in postmenopausal women. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2000, 18: 3668-76. PMID: 11054440, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2000.18.21.3668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDietary fat intakeFat intakePostmenopausal womenInverse associationHormone levelsSex steroid hormone levelsHealthy postmenopausal womenTotal fat intakeFood frequency questionnaireEndogenous estrogen levelsBreast cancer riskOmega-3 fatsSex steroid hormonesCross-sectional associationsSteroid hormone levelsPercentage of energyEstradiol levelsEstrogen levelsPlasma sex steroidsPlasma levelsSex steroidsCancer riskProtein intakeEnergy intakeSteroid hormones
1997
Non-dietary factors as risk factors for breast cancer, and as effect modifiers of the association of fat intake and risk of breast cancer
Hunter D, Spiegelman D, Adami H, van den Brandt P, Folsom A, Goldbohm R, Graham S, Howe G, Kushi L, Marshall J, Miller A, Speizer F, Willett W, Wolk A, Yaun S. Non-dietary factors as risk factors for breast cancer, and as effect modifiers of the association of fat intake and risk of breast cancer. Cancer Causes & Control 1997, 8: 49-56. PMID: 9051322, DOI: 10.1023/a:1018431104786.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBenign breast diseaseTotal fat intakeFat intakeBreast cancer riskRisk factorsBreast cancerBreast diseaseRelative riskCancer riskNon-dietary risk factorsEnergy-adjusted fat intakeMultivariate-adjusted riskFood frequency questionnaireDietary fat intakeAge-adjusted analysesCase-control studyNon-dietary factorsProspective studyMaternal historyLate menarcheHigher parityDietary fatFamily historyReproductive factorsEffect modifiers
1996
Cohort Studies of Fat Intake and the Risk of Breast Cancer — A Pooled Analysis
Hunter D, Spiegelman D, Adami H, Beeson L, van den Brandt P, Folsom A, Fraser G, Goldbohm R, Graham S, Howe G, Kushi L, Marshall J, McDermott A, Miller A, Speizer F, Wolk A, Yaun S, Willett W. Cohort Studies of Fat Intake and the Risk of Breast Cancer — A Pooled Analysis. New England Journal Of Medicine 1996, 334: 356-361. PMID: 8538706, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199602083340603.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDietary fat intakeFat intakeBreast cancerCohort studyRelative riskEnergy intakeTotal dietary fat intakeLittle overall associationTotal fat intakeMost cohort studiesTotal energy intakeEnergy-adjusted total fat intakeCase-control studyProspective studyHighest quintilePooled analysisLowest quintilePooled estimatesNutrient intakeOverall associationCancerTotal intakeWestern lifestyleIntakeWomen