Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

• Main Authors: Hamajima N., Hirose K., Tajima K., Rohan T., Friedenreich C., Calle E., Gapstur S., Patel A., Coates R., Liff J., Talamini R., Chantarakul N., Koetsawang S., Rachawat D., Marcou Y., Kakouri E., Duffy S., Morabia A., Schuman L., Stewart W., Szklo M., Coogan P., Palmer J., Rosenberg L., Band P., Coldman A., Gallagher R., Hislop T., Yang P., Cummings S., Canfell K., Sitas F., Chao P., Lissowska J., Horn-Ross P., John E., Kolonel L., Nomura A., Ghiasvand R., Hu J., Johnson K., Mao Y., Beral V., Bull D., Callaghan K., Crossley B., Goodill A., Green J., Hermon C., Key T., Lindgard I., Liu B., Pirie K., Reeves G., Collins R., Doll R., Peto R., Bishop T., Fentiman I., De Sanjosé S., Gonzalez C., Lee N., Marchbanks P., Ory H., Peterson H., Wingo P., Ebeling K., Kunde D., Nishan P., Hopper J., Eliassen H., Hankinson S., Gajalakshmi V., Martin N., Pardthaisong T., Silpisornkosol S., Theetranont C., Boosiri B., Chutivongse S., Jimakorn P., Virutamasen P., Wongsrichanalai C., Neugut A., Santella R., Baines C., Kreiger N., Miller A., Wall C., Tjonneland A., Jorgensen T., Stahlberg C., Pedersen A., Flesch-Janys D., Hakansson N., Cauley J., Heuch I., Adami H., Persson I., Weiderpass E., Magnusson C.
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84877875905&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/42743
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Background Menarche and menopause mark the onset and cessation, respectively, of ovarian activity associated with reproduction, and affect breast cancer risk. Our aim was to assess the strengths of their effects and determine whether they depend on characteristics of the tumours or the affected wome...