CellWell record HH-32797
Urinary concentration of endocrine-disrupting phthalates and breast cancer risk in Indian women: A case-control study with a focus on mutations in phthalate-responsive genes
Mukherjee Das A; Gogia A; Garg M; Elaiyaraja A; Arambam P; Mathur S; Babu-Rajendran R; Deo SVS; Kumar L; Das BC; Janardhanan R
Cancer epidemiology ยท 2022
In plain language
In a case-control study of 171 Indian women, higher urinary levels of two phthalates, dibutyl phthalate and di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate, were associated with increased breast cancer risk, with several phthalate-linked gene mutations found in tumor tissue.
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