New Publication in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute

I co-authored an article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute entitled “Ethylene oxide emissions and incident breast cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a U.S. cohort” led by Dr. Rena Jones. We constructed two GIS-based exposure metrics of ethylene oxide (EtO) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Toxics Release Inventory to estimate the risk of incident breast cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. We observed an increased risk of breast cancer associated with EtO-emitting facilities within 10 kilometers of residence (stronger for in situ than invasive disease) and higher risk of breast cancer in situ in top exposure quartiles. No differences in breast cancer risk were observed by tumor estrogen receptor status and we found no clear pattern of increased NHL risk.