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EDRI Federal Project Inventory:
Serum Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Breast Cancer


  1. Sponsor Organization: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, NCEH

  2. Project Title: SERUM PESTICIDES AND POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS AND BREAST CANCER

  3. Project Focus: HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS, EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT

  4. Description: NCEH is collaborating with the National Cancer Institute on a study for which weanalyzed 344 serum specimens for individual congener PCBs and selectedorganochlorine pesticides. The Breast Cancer Serum Bank in Columbia collected thesamples between 1977 and 1987 from 7641 women. All were free of cancer when theirsamples were taken, but since then, 112 have developed breast cancer. NCI hasreceived the results of our analyses and is now analyzing the data.

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  6. Category: MEASUREMENTS

  7. Subcategory: HAZARD IDENTIFICATION, BIOMARKERS

  8. Keywords for Experimental System/Species: HUMAN

  9. Keywords for Experimental Endpoints: CARGINOGENESIS, FEMALE, EXPOSURE MONITORING, EPIDEMIOLOGY, RISK FACTORS

  10. Chemical Agents: PCBs, Organochlorine Pesticides

  11. Performing Institution: Toxicology Branch, EHLS F-17 National Center for Environmental Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chamblee, GA 30341

  12. Contact: Dr. Larry Needham, E-mail: LLN1@CEHEHL1.EM.CDC.GOV

 

 
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