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  • Title: A possible link between prenatal exposure to famine and breast cancer: a preliminary study.
    Author: Painter RC, De Rooij SR, Bossuyt PM, Osmond C, Barker DJ, Bleker OP, Roseboom TJ.
    Journal: Am J Hum Biol; 2006; 18(6):853-6. PubMed ID: 17039469.
    Abstract:
    In a study of 475 women born around the 1944-1945 Dutch famine, women exposed to prenatal famine more often reported a history of breast cancer than nonexposed women (hazard ratio, 2.6; 95% confidence interval, 0.9-7.7). They also had alterations in reproductive risk factors. Prenatal famine may increase breast cancer incidence.
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