BREAST CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH CENTERS

Sixth Annual Early Environmental Exposures Meeting

November 19-20, 2009
Cavallo Point, Sausalito, CA

 
 
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AVON Foundation
 
 

Speaker Abstracts

For a PDF file containing all speaker abstracts, click here. Individual abstracts can be found on the program page.

Poster Abstracts

The following abstracts were presented in the poster session. For a PDF file containing all abstracts in alphabetical order, click here.

COTC Abstracts

Ansari et al Effect of Prepubertal Exposure to Environmental Contaminants in the Rat Mammary Gland
Barlow et al Translating BCERC Findings into Usable Information: Four Messages for Dissemination
Clark-Hitt et al Content Analysis of Breast Cancer Webpages
Hamel and Smith Using Action Tendency Emotions as Persuasive Tools for Mothers to Encourage a Healthy Diet for their Preadolescent Daughters in a Theory of Planned Behavior Framework
Hernick and Ball BCERC Collaborative Partnerships: Perspectives of a Breast Cancer Advocacy Organization
Nudelman J et al Bisphenol A: From public education to political advocacy – selected as best COTC poster
Rehman R The Long Island Teen Environmental Activists (LITEA)
Schacht-Levine & Cohen Mammary Gland Carcinogens and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Should Be Disclosed on Personal Care and Cleaning Product Labels
Pierce et al The Sisters are Doing It for Themselves: Putting Knowledge to Use in Bayview Hunters Point

Biology Abstracts

Aupperlee et al Pubertal Exposure to High Fat Diet Alters Mouse Mammary Gland Development and Estrogen Responsiveness
Betancourt & Lamartiniere Prenatal Exposure to Bisphenol A increases Dimethylbenzanthracene-induced mammary cancer in adult rats
Dhimolea et al Prenatal exposure to BPA induces changes in genomic DNA methylation in rat mammary gland
Durando & Kass et al Prenatal exposure to bisphenol A promotes angiogenesis and alters estrogen receptor alpha-mediated responses in the mammary gland of cycling rats (pdf)
Flynn et al Role of Activating Protein-1 and Antisense Progesterone Receptor (PR) mRNA in the Regulation of PR Isoforms in Mouse Mammary Epithelial Cells
La Merrill et al Maternal dioxin exposure combined with a diet high in fat increases mammary cancer incidence
Lopez et al Changes in Tumor Suppressor and Oncogene Expression Induced in the Mammary Gland of Animals Exposed to BPA, BBP, and TCDD at different developmental stages
Nguyen et al TGFß mediates persistent gene expression changes in mouse mammary gland after low dose ionizing radiation exposure
Pereira JS et al Lactational exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) alters proliferation and gene expression of the rat mammary gland during development
Tan YS et al Effects of Progesterone on Inflammatory Processes in the Mammary Gland
Wadia et al Alterations in mammary gland function and reproductive capacity in CD-1 mice exposed perinatally to bisphenol-A
Zhao et al Mechanisms of Perfluorooctanoic acid stimulation of pubertal mammary gland in C57Bl/6 mice – selected as best biology poster

Epidemiology Abstracts
Baker et al. Measurement of Fat Mass: Concordance between Field Research Measures and Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry – selected as best student poster
Bandera et al Assessing breast development in The Jersey Girl Study: agreement between physician and mom assessment
Deardorff et al Father Absence, BMI and Pubertal Development in the Bay Area Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Center – selected as best epi poster
Ereman et al A biorepository for the study of breast cancer: the Marin Women’s Study Biorepository
Ereman et al Marin Women’s Study
Hurst et al Factors Influencing Retention and Participation of Girls in a Longitudinal Study
James-Todd Childhood Hair Product Use and Age at Menarche in a Racially Diverse Study Population
Kale et al Breastfeeding versus Formula-Feeding and the Girls’ Pubertal Timing
Leung et al Measuring the Neighborhood Environment: Associations with Young Girls’ Energy Intake and Expenditure
Pinney et al Development of an Online Database of Laboratories for Measurement of Exposure Biomarkers (MEB-Lab)
Reynolds et al An Unexpected Excess of Breast Cancer among Young U.S. Asian Women
Teitelbaum et al Personal Care Product Use and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Urban Minority Children
Teitelbaum et al Phenols and Breast Cancer Risk among Residents of Long Island, NY

 

 

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