title: Breast cancer and cerebral laterality.
abstract: In reviewing and summarizing work at our institution, we have identified some surprising consistencies in patients with breast cancer. Breast cancer shows four features of cerebral laterality: excess left-handedness, atypical season-of-birth patterns, the risk factor of advanced maternal age, and an association with prenatal sex hormones. Since hypopigmentation also relates to cerebral laterality, a consequence of the association of breast cancer and cerebral laterality is that eye color should be measured as a function of side of disease and age at diagnosis in women with breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth Medical School.
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: London
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Albrecht
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005127:Eye Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D012307:Risk Factors; D012621:Seasons; D012880:Skin Pigmentation