| Application: | 19060, Caffeine consumption, postmenopausal hormone use and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women |
| Title: | Interactions of coffee consumption and postmenopausal hormone use in relation to breast cancer risk in UK Biobank |
| Size: | 3037 B |
| Archived: | 12 Feb 2020 |
| Stability: | Complete |
| Personal: | No individual-level data |
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We investigated the association of coffee consumption with postmenopausal breast cancer risk, overall and by the status of postmenopausal hormone therapy (PMH). Results In the overall analysis, coffee consumption was not associated with breast cancer risk . Women with no PMH history who consumed = 4 cups/day had a 16% reduced risk of breast cancer as compared to women who consumed < 7 cups/ week. Among women with past PMH, those consuming = 4 cups/day had a 22% greater risk of breast cancer than women consuming < 7 cups/week (HR 1.22, 95% CI 1.01 1.47). No association was found among current PMH users. The differences in these associations across PMH use categories were not statistically significant. Coffee consumption might be associated with increased breast cancer risk in women who used hormones in the past. Further studies are warranted to confirm these findings and elucidate potential biological mechanisms underlying the observed associations.Application 19060
Caffeine consumption, postmenopausal hormone use and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women
Caffeine has been inversely associated with breast cancer risk in some, but not all previous studies. Caffeine and estrogen metabolism pathways share common enzymes and some of these enzymes are induced by caffeine. Postmenopausal hormones (PMH) increase breast cancer risk. Whether there is an interaction between PMH and caffeine with respect to breast cancer risk is unknown. Further, limited data exist on the association of caffeine with breast cancer risk by tumor?s aggressiveness. We will examine interactions of caffeine and PMH with respect to breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women, both overall and by tumor's aggressiveness Breast cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer incidence in industrialized countries. Yet, a lot of questions remain open about etiology and prevention of breast cancer as well as risk prediction. The findings of this analysis will help to better understand how these two highly prevalent exposures might jointly contribute to breast cancer risk thus adding to the knowledge in this important area of high public health concern, in line with the UK Biobank purpose. We will identify women who were postmenopausal at the time of enrollment in UKBiobank and did not have a history of breast cancer (BC). Women who developed BC during the follow-up will be compared to women who did not have any cancer (other than non-melanoma skin) with respect to their hormone use and caffeine consumption patterns. We will examine these associations both overall as well as while stratifying tumor's based on their invasiveness (defined using combination of tumor features including size, grade, nodal involvement, and estrogen receptor status). We will include all women who were postmenopausal at baseline and did not have a history of cancer at enrollment. Women without breast cancer but any other cancer developed during the follow up will be excluded. The study will include all women who meet these criteria
| Lead investigator: | Lusine Yaghjyan |
| Lead institution: | University of Florida |
1 Publication
| Pub ID | Title | Author(s) | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Interactions of coffee consumption and postmenopausal hormone use in relation to breast cancer risk in UK Biobank | Lusine Yaghjyan (+4) | 2018 | Cancer Causes & Control |
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