DCEG researchers conduct studies on breast cancer, a cancer that usually forms in the breast ducts (tubes that carry milk to the nipple) and lobules (glands that make milk). Breast cancer occurs in both men and women, although male breast cancer is rare. Selected studies include:
A pooling project based on prospective cohort studies that is exploring the etiology of male breast cancer
A population-based case-control study of breast cancer to address etiologic hypotheses best addressed among younger women
A study that aims to characterize the radiologic, histologic, molecular, and biochemical features of dense breast tissue
A follow-up study of women who were participants in the Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project
A population-based case-control study of breast cancer in Poland that combines state-of-the art techniques of exposure assessment and collection of biological specimens
A colloborative study with the Susan G. Komen® for the Cure Tissue Bank to identify links between biologic markers and breast cancer risk factors
A study established as part of NCI's Biological Markers Project to identify serum markers for breast cancer
A study using ultrasound tomography to define the time course of volumetric breast density changes among women receiving tamoxifen treatment
A cross-sectional study of urinary estrogen metabolites in association with mammographic density among postmenopausal women
A study to evaluate the use of several new, promising breast cancer screening techniques in women at high genetic risk of breast cancer