Application of novel breast biospecimen cell type adjustment identifies shared DNA methylation alterations in breast tissue and milk with breast cancer risk factors.

Meghan E Muse Connolly D Carroll Lucas A Salas Margaret R Karagas Brock C Christensen

Published in: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology (2023)

This work demonstrates the potential of using breast milk as a non-invasive biomarker of breast cancer risk, improving our ability to detect early stage disease and lowering the overall disease burden.

Keyphrases

breast cancer risk
risk factors
early stage
dna methylation
genome wide
squamous cell carcinoma
risk assessment
radiation therapy
rectal cancer