Female white-collar workers remain at higher risk of breast cancer after adjustments for individual risk factors related to reproduction and lifestyle.
Cecilia KullbergJenny SelanderMaria AlbinSigne BorgquistJonas ManjerPer GustavssonPublished in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2017)
Reproductive and lifestyle factors explain only a minor part of the increased risk of breast cancer in white-collar workers. Further studies are needed to investigate the remaining factors for the difference in risk between occupational groups.