The association between China's Great famine and risk of breast cancer according to hormone receptor status: a hospital-based study.
Aliya AlimujiangMiao MoYing LiuNai-Si HuangGuangyu LiuWanghong XuJiong WuZhen-Zhou ShenDebbie L BennettGraham A ColditzPublished in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2016)
Women exposed to the Famine, particularly those exposed after first birth, were more likely to be diagnosed with ER-PR-, ER-PR+, and ER+PR- breast cancer. This retrospective analysis suggests that famine, malnutrition, or the associated lack of fruit and vegetable consumption in adulthood may be related to epidemiological heterogeneity within breast cancer subtypes.