Risk of premenopausal breast cancer in association with occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and benzene

Exposure to traffic emissions throughout life and risk of breast cancer: the Western New York Exposures and Breast Cancer (WEB) study

“…Most occupational studies have not supported an association between PAH exposure and increased breast cancer risk [33]; the number of cases in most of these studies is very small. In a study by Petralia et al [34], PAHs were only associated with increased cancer risk among those with ER positive breast cancer. In our study, the associations of traffic emissions and breast cancer did not appear to be different by ER and PR status.…”

Current understandings and perspectives on non-cancer health effects of benzene: A global concern

“…The results of an epidemiological cohort study of female workers dealing with benzene based glues in a shoe making factory in Italy supported that chronic exposure to benzene can be one of the risk factor for breast cancer (Costantini et al, 2009). Another case control study published by Petralia et al (1999) had already suggested that benzene exposure is one of the risk factors for causing breast cancer in women (Petralia et al, 1999).…”

Age Distribution of Breast Cancer from a Thailand Population-Based Cancer Registry

“…A variety of working places both in industrial, agricultural and/or others service sectors, has been identified as having some evidence of higher risk of breast cancer (Peplonska et al, 2001). Several health hazards environment that are potential risk of cancer including occupational carcinogens that are potential to cancer risk such as non-ionizing radiation (Caplan et al, 2000) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) (Petralia et al, 1999). A most resent study revealed that women who have lifetime occupation in an industrial setting may have higher risk to develop breast cancer (Ekpanyaskul et al, 2010).…”