UICC multidisciplinary project on breast cancer: The epidemiology, aetiology and prevention of breast cancer

✍ Scribed by A. B. Miller; R. D. Bulbrook

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 532 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0020-7136
• DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910370202

✦ Synopsis

Breast cancer is hormonally mediated and oestrogens are the prime agents in tumour expression. This was the main conclusion of the meeting in June, 1980, of the Multidisciplinary Project on Breast Cancer of the International Union Against Cancer (Miller and Bulbrook, 1980).

The present report concerns a second meeting on this topic held over 5 years later. Most of the original findings still stand but it is apparent that advances in our knowledge of the epidemiology and aetiology of breast cancer are slow. Even so, a substantial portion of the meeting was devoted to consideration of the possibility of preventing breast cancer, a new topic reflected in the title of this communication and described in the sections which follow.

This report, prepared by the rapporteurs for the meeting, summarizes the presentations, discussions and conclusions of the 20 participants, as perceived by the rapporteurs. Although we believe it represents the consensus of the meeting, we alone are responsible for its accuracy.