PMID- 18086761 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080304 LR - 20131121 IS - 1055-9965 (Print) IS - 1055-9965 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 12 DP - 2007 Dec TI - Plasma isoflavones and fibrocystic breast conditions and breast cancer among women in Shanghai, China. PG - 2579-86 AB - BACKGROUND: Proliferative benign breast conditions are associated with elevated risk of breast cancer, whereas nonproliferative conditions are not strongly associated with risk. Factors acting before onset of hyperplasia might be associated with both benign conditions and breast cancer, whereas those on the proliferative disease-to-cancer pathway would be associated only with cancer. Soy isoflavone exposure may influence breast cancer risk, but little is known of its association with benign conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We examined possible relationships between plasma genistein and daidzein concentrations and risk of breast disease in women, in a breast self-examination trial in Shanghai, China, diagnosed with breast cancer (n = 196) or a benign breast condition (n = 304), and 1,002 age-matched controls with no known breast disease. Benign conditions were classified as nonproliferative (n = 131) or proliferative with or without atypia (n = 173). RESULTS: Isoflavone concentrations were inversely associated with risk of nonproliferative and proliferative benign fibrocystic conditions, as well as with breast cancer, both with and without concomitant proliferative changes in ipsilateral noncancerous mammary epithelium (P(trend) < 0.01 for all comparisons with controls). Women in the highest quartile of plasma genistein (>76.95 ng/mL) were less likely to have breast cancer (odds ratio, 0.26; 95% confidence interval, 0.13-0.50) or benign conditions (odds ratio, 0.40; 95% confidence interval, 0.23-0.70) compared with women in the lowest quartile (<9.42 ng/mL). Observed risks for breast cancer with and without surrounding proliferative changes were not different, respectively, from observed risks for benign proliferative and nonproliferative conditions alone. CONCLUSION: Isoflavone exposure was inversely associated with fibrocystic breast conditions and breast cancer, and the results suggest that effects on cancer risk occur early in carcinogenesis. FAU - Lampe, Johanna W AU - Lampe JW AD - Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. jlampe@fhcrc.org FAU - Nishino, Yoshikazu AU - Nishino Y FAU - Ray, Roberta M AU - Ray RM FAU - Wu, Chunyuan AU - Wu C FAU - Li, Wenjin AU - Li W FAU - Lin, Ming-Gang AU - Lin MG FAU - Gao, Dao Li AU - Gao DL FAU - Hu, Yongwei AU - Hu Y FAU - Shannon, Jackilen AU - Shannon J FAU - Stalsberg, Helge AU - Stalsberg H FAU - Porter, Peggy L AU - Porter PL FAU - Frankenfeld, Cara L AU - Frankenfeld CL FAU - Wahala, Kristiina AU - Wahala K FAU - Thomas, David B AU - Thomas DB LA - eng GR - R01 CA75332/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PL - United States TA - Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev JT - Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology JID - 9200608 RN - 0 (Isoflavones) RN - 0 (Soybean Proteins) RN - 6287WC5J2L (daidzein) RN - DH2M523P0H (Genistein) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Breast Neoplasms/*blood/epidemiology MH - Case-Control Studies MH - China/epidemiology MH - Chromatography, Liquid MH - Diet MH - Female MH - Fibrocystic Breast Disease/*blood/epidemiology MH - Genistein/*blood MH - Humans MH - Isoflavones/*blood MH - Mass Spectrometry MH - Middle Aged MH - Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic MH - Risk Factors MH - Soybean Proteins EDAT- 2007/12/19 09:00 MHDA- 2008/03/05 09:00 CRDT- 2007/12/19 09:00 PHST- 2007/12/19 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/03/05 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/12/19 09:00 [entrez] AID - 16/12/2579 [pii] AID - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0368 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Dec;16(12):2579-86. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0368.