Research Table Topics

Table 1

Body weight and breast cancer risk

Table 2

Weight gain and the risk of breast cancer

Table 3

Alcohol and breast cancer risk

Table 4

Physical activity and breast cancer risk

Table 5

Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk

Table 6

Blood estrogen levels and breast cancer risk

Table 8

Postmenopausal hormone use and breast cancer risk

Table 9

Birth control pills and breast cancer risk

Table 10

Age at menopause and breast cancer risk women

Table 11

BRCA 1 and BRCA2 gene mutations and cancer risk

Table 12

Hyperplasia and breast cancer risk

Table 13

Light at night/shift work and breast cancer risk

Table 14

Dietary fat consumption and breast cancer risk

Table 15

Fruit and vegetable consumption and breast cancer risk

Table 16

Carotenoid intake and breast cancer risk

Table 17

Soy intake and breast cancer risk

Table 18

Dairy/milk consumption and breast cancer risk

Table 19

Meat consumption and breast cancer risk

Table 20

IGF-1 and breast cancer risk

Table 21

Smoking and breast cancer risk

Table 22

Secondhand smoke and breast cancer risk

Table 23

Electromagnetic fields and breast cancer risk

Table 24

Blood organochlorine levels and breast cancer risk

Table 25

Abortion and breast cancer risk

Table 26

Hair dyes and breast cancer risk

Table 27

Breast implants and breast cancer risk

Table 28

Chemoprevention—the use of tamoxifen and raloxifene to reduce the risk of breast cancer

Table 29a

Breast cancer screening with mammography for ages 40-49

Table 29b

Breast cancer screening with mammography for ages 50-69

Table 29c

Breast cancer screening with mammography for ages 70 and older

Table 30

Digital mammography versus standard mammography for breast cancer screening

Table 31

MRI plus mammography versus mammography alone for high-risk women

Table 32

Lymph node status and breast cancer survival

Table 33

Accuracy of sentinel node biopsy in predicting axillary lymph node status

Table 34

Tumor size and breast cancer survival

Table 35

Estrogen receptor status and overall survival

Table 36

Mastectomy versus lumpectomy (breast conserving surgery) plus radiation and overall survival in early breast cancer

Table 37

Radiation therapy following mastectomy and overall survival in stage II & III breast cancer

Table 38

Adjuvant chemotherapy and overall survival

Table 39

Different adjuvant chemotherapy regimens and overall survival in early breast cancer

Table 40

Selected short-term side effects of chemotherapy

Table 41

Tamoxifen and overall survival in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer

Table 42

Trastuzumab (Herceptin) and overall survival in early breast cancer

Table 43

Aromatase inhibitors and disease-free survival in early breast cancer

Table 44

Tamoxifen in the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)

Table 45

Neoadjuvant (preoperative) chemotherapy for women with stage II or stage III breast cancer

Table 46

Neoadjuvant (preoperative) hormone therapy for women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer

Table 47

High-dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplant for women with metastatic breast cancer and for women with non-metastatic breast cancer at high risk for recurrence

Table 48

Combined modality treatment and overall survival in inflammatory breast cancer

Table 49

Trastuzumab (Herceptin) and overall response rate in metastatic breast cancer

Table 50

Support groups and breast cancer survival

Table 51

Social support and breast cancer survival

Table 52

Hospital volume and breast cancer survival after treatment

Table 53

Geographic variation in rates of mastectomy

Table 54

Pregnancy and breast cancer survival

Table 55

Postmenopausal hormones and recurrence after breast cancer diagnosis

Table 56

Total fat intake and breast cancer survival

Table 57

Body weight and breast cancer survival

Table 58

Physical activity and breast cancer survival

Table 59

Black cohosh and relief of menopausal symptoms

Table 60

Soy and relief of menopausal symptoms

Table 61

Other supplements and relief of menopausal symptoms