Breast Health Resources

A Comprehensive List

Comprehensive List of Resources for Breast Information and Study / Further Reading

Links to Breast Health Information in General

An inclusive, global campaign to educate people about early detection of breast cancer, presented in an accessible way in multiple languages

Learn about Professor Wendy Ingman, who studies breast health, breastfeeding, and breast cancer

National Cancer Institute Information on Breast Cancer for Health Professionals

National Cancer Institute Information for Patients about Abnormal Mammogram Findings

National Institutes of Health Information for Patients on Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Bone Health

Information About Breast Health and Screening for Military Servicemembers and Veterans

Lactation in Grandmothers as Therapeutic Intervention in South Sudan

Literature Review on Effects of Exercise on Breastmilk Composition (A Master’s Thesis)

World Health Organization Fact Sheet on Breast Cancer

Reducing Health Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals

Tyrer-Cuzick Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

Gail Model Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

Further Scientific Reading About Breast Health

• Breast Health In Women’s Rugby

• Breast Radiology

• Chronic Inflammation

• Stuebe, 2020 “Putting the ‘M’ in Breastfeeding Medicine”

Breast Health in Books

Breasts: An Owner's Guide. Kaye, P. (2023). Breasts: An Owner's Guide. Dorling Kindersley Ltd.

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Healing, and Illness In a Toxic Culture. Maté. Gabor and Maté, Daniel (2024). The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Healing and Illness In a Toxic Culture. Vermilion.

References/Bibliography for “Beyond Lactation: Advanced Breast Health Insights for Lactation Professionals”

Module 1: Architecture & Environment: Beyond the Basics of Breast Growth & Development

• Anders, L. A., Mesite Frem, J., & McCoy, T. P. (2024). Flange Size Matters: A Comparative Pilot Study of the Flange FITSTM Guide Versus Traditional Sizing Methods. Journal of Human Lactation, 08903344241296036.

• Berliere, M., Coche, M., Lacroix, C., Riggi, J., Coyette, M., Coulie, J., ... & François, A. (2022). Effects of hormones on breast development and breast cancer risk in transgender women. Cancers, 15(1), 245.

• Calcaterra, V., Cena, H., Sottotetti, F., Rossi, V., Loperfido, F., & Zuccotti, G. (2023). Breast and Formula Milk and Early Puberty Onset. Children, 10(10), 1686.

• Creo, A. L., Pittock, S. T., & Ameenuddin, N. (2022). Reframing “Normal” Puberty: Pivoting From a White Standard. Journal of Adolescent Health, 71(1), 8-9.

• Dalmartello, M., Chiaffarino, F., Esposito, G., Cipriani, S., Ricci, E., La Vecchia, C., ... & Negri, E. (2023). A systematic review on maternal and perinatal factors influencing breast development. Early Human Development, 105816.

• de Blok, C. J., Dijkman, B. A., Wiepjes, C. M., Staphorsius, A. S., Timmermans, F. W., Smit, J. M., ... & den Heijer, M. (2021). Sustained breast development and breast anthropometric changes in 3 years of gender-affirming hormone treatment. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 106(2), e782-e790.

• Francis, J., Flynn, P., Naowar, M., Indic, P., & Dickton, D. (2023). Lactation physiokinetics—using advances in technology for a fresh perspective on human milk transfer. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 11, 1264286.

• Geddes, D. T., Gridneva, Z., Perrella, S. L., Mitoulas, L. R., Kent, J. C., Stinson, L. F., ... & Hartmann, P. E. (2021). 25 years of research in human lactation: from discovery to translation. Nutrients, 13(9), 3071.

• Hellström, A., Ley, D., Hansen‐Pupp, I., Hallberg, B., Löfqvist, C., Van Marter, L., ... & Smith, L. E. (2016). Insulin‐like growth factor 1 has multisystem effects on foetal and preterm infant development. Acta paediatrica, 105(6), 576-586.

• Jindal, S., Narasimhan, J., Borges, V. F., & Schedin, P. (2020). Characterization of weaning-induced breast involution in women: implications for young women’s breast cancer. NPJ Breast Cancer, 6(1), 55.

• Kam, R. L., Cullinane, M., & Amir, L. H. (2021). Breast Hypoplasia and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Is There a Link?. Clinical Lactation, 12(4).

• Kaye, P. (2023). Breasts: An Owner's Guide. Dorling Kindersley Ltd.

• Lynn Herr, S., Devido, J., Zoucha, R., & Demirci, J. R. (2024). Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex in Human Lactation: An Integrative Literature Review. Journal of Human Lactation, 40(2), 237-247.

• Mareti, E., Vatopoulou, A., Spyropoulou, G. A., Papanastasiou, A., Pratilas, G. C., Liberis, A., ... & Dinas, K. (2021). Breast disorders in adolescence: a review of the literature. Breast Care, 16(2), 149-155.

• Möllers, L. S., Yousuf, E. I., Hamatschek, C., Morrison, K. M., Hermanussen, M., Fusch, C., & Rochow, N. (2022). Metabolic-endocrine disruption due to preterm birth impacts growth, body composition, and neonatal outcome. Pediatric research, 91(6), 1350-1360.

• Nachmanson, D., Officer, A., Mori, H., Gordon, J., Evans, M. F., Steward, J., ... & Harismendy, O. (2022). The breast pre-cancer atlas illustrates the molecular and micro-environmental diversity of ductal carcinoma in situ. NPJ Breast Cancer, 8(1), 6.

• Neville, M. C., Demerath, E. W., Hahn-Holbrook, J., Hovey, R. C., Martin-Carli, J., McGuire, M. A., ... & Raiten, D. J. (2023). Parental factors that impact the ecology of human mammary development, milk secretion, and milk composition—a report from “Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition (BEGIN)” Working Group 1. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 117, S11-S27.

• Pereira, A., Garmendia, M. L., Leiva, V., Corvalán, C., Michels, K. B., & Shepherd, J. (2024). Breast composition during and after puberty: the Chilean Growth and Obesity Cohort Study. Breast Cancer Research, 26(1), 45.

• Rehnke, R. D., Groening, R. M., Van Buskirk, E. R., & Clarke, J. M. (2018). Anatomy of the superficial fascia system of the breast: a comprehensive theory of breast fascial anatomy. Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 142(5), 1135-1144.

• Suikkanen, J., Nurhonen, M., Cole, T. J., Paalanne, M., Matinolli, H. M., Tikanmäki, M., ... & Kajantie, E. (2022). Preterm birth and subsequent timing of pubertal growth, menarche, and voice break. Pediatric Research, 92(1), 199-205.

• Tang, J., Xue, P., Huang, X., Lin, C., & Liu, S. (2022). Diet and nutrients intakes during infancy and childhood in relation to early puberty: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrients, 14(23), 5004.

Module 2: From Potential to Full Function: How Lactation & Babies Transform the Breast

• Aljindan, F., Aljehani, L., Alsharif, B., & Mortada, H. (2021). Management of Neurofibromatosis of the Nipple‐Areolar Complex. Case Reports in Surgery, 2021(1), 6622416.

• Babey, M. E., Krause, W. C., Chen, K., Herber, C. B., Torok, Z., Nikkanen, J., ... & Ingraham, H. A. (2024). A maternal brain hormone that builds bone. Nature, 632(8024), 357-365.

• Eslami-S, Z., Majidzadeh-A, K., Halvaei, S., Babapirali, F., & Esmaeili, R. (2020). Microbiome and breast cancer: new role for an ancient population. Frontiers in oncology, 10, 120.

• Geddes, D. T., Gridneva, Z., Perrella, S. L., Mitoulas, L. R., Kent, J. C., Stinson, L. F., ... & Hartmann, P. E. (2021). 25 years of research in human lactation: from discovery to translation. Nutrients, 13(9), 3071.

• Hieken, T. J., Chen, J., Hoskin, T. L., Walther-Antonio, M., Johnson, S., Ramaker, S., ... & Degnim, A. C. (2016). The microbiome of aseptically collected human breast tissue in benign and malignant disease. Scientific reports, 6(1), 30751.

• Pulusani, S., Jones, E., & Throckmorton, A. D. (2022). Dermatological Conditions of the Breast. Surgical Clinics, 102(6), 1043-1063.

• Stinson, L. F., Sindi, A. S., Cheema, A. S., Lai, C. T., Mühlhäusler, B. S., Wlodek, M. E., ... & Geddes, D. T. (2021). The human milk microbiome: who, what, when, where, why, and how?. Nutrition reviews, 79(5), 529-543.

• Wei, J., Li, Q., Wu, H., Yin, X., & Ren, G. (2022). Severe bilateral hyperkeratosis of the nipples and areolae: a case report and literature review. Frontiers in Medicine, 9, 781693.

Module 3: Supporting Healthy Breast Tissue During Lactation

• American Academy of Family Physicians. (2022). Breastfeeding and lactation for medical trainees.

• Douglas, P. (2023). Does the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine’s Clinical Protocol# 36 ‘The Mastitis Spectrum’promote overtreatment and risk worsened outcomes for breastfeeding families? Commentary. International Breastfeeding Journal, 18(1), 51.

• Eden, C. (2024). Shifting the Paradigm for Establishing and Maintaining Milk Production in the Setting of Mother/Infant Separation. Journal of Human Lactation, 40(4), 535-538.

• Geddes, D. T., Gridneva, Z., Perrella, S. L., Mitoulas, L. R., Kent, J. C., Stinson, L. F., ... & Hartmann, P. E. (2021). 25 years of research in human lactation: from discovery to translation. Nutrients, 13(9), 3071.

• Glassman, M. E., Blanchet, K., Andresen, J., Lewis, R. A., & Rosenthal, S. L. (2022). Impact of breastfeeding support services on mothers’ breastfeeding experiences when provided by an MD/IBCLC in the pediatric medical home. Clinical pediatrics, 61(5-6), 418-427.

• Jack, A., Mullin, C., Brown, E., Burtner, M., Standish, K. R., Fields, A., ... & Hartman, S. (2024). Academy of breastfeeding medicine clinical protocol# 19: Breastfeeding promotion in the prenatal period (Revised 2024). Breastfeeding Medicine, 19(8), 575-587.

• Johnson, H. M., Eglash, A., Mitchell, K. B., Leeper, K., Smillie, C. M., Moore-Ostby, L., ... & Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. (2020). ABM Clinical Protocol# 32: management of hyperlactation. Breastfeeding Medicine, 15(3), 129-134.

• Mitchell, K. B., Johnson, H. M., Rodríguez, J. M., Eglash, A., Scherzinger, C., Widmer, K., ... & Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. (2022). Academy of breastfeeding medicine clinical protocol# 36: the mastitis spectrum, revised 2022. Breastfeeding Medicine, 17(5), 360-376.

• Rosenbaum, K., & McAlister, B. An Integrative Review of Exclusive Breast Milk Expression. Journal of midwifery & women's health.

• Stuebe, A. (2020). Putting the “M” in Breastfeeding Medicine. Breastfeeding Medicine, 15(1), 63-64.

• Walker, M. (2022). Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols: A Step Towards Better Breastfeeding. Clinical Lactation, 13(4), 197-202.

• Walker, M. (2018). Mammary dysbiosis. Clinical Lactation, 9(3), 130-136.

• Worthington, R. O., Adams, D. R., Fritz, C. D., Tusken, M., & Volerman, A. (2023). Supporting breastfeeding physicians across the educational and professional continuum: a call to action. Academic Medicine, 98(1), 21-28.

• Zimmerman, D., Bartick, M., Feldman-Winter, L., Ball, H. L., & Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. (2023). ABM Clinical Protocol# 37: Physiological infant care—Managing nighttime breastfeeding in young infants. Breastfeeding Medicine, 18(3), 159-168.

• https://nlca.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Impact-of-the-International-Board-Certified-Lactation-Consultant.pdf

Module 4: Breast Development Through the Lifetime: Injuries, Procedures, Viral Infections, Exposures & More

• Arabi, Z., Md Monoto, E. M., & Bojeng, A. (2019). Impact of childhood burn injuries on breastfeeding: a case report. International breastfeeding journal, 14, 1-5.

• Cerceo, E., Saxer, K., Grossman, L., Shapley-Quinn, K., & Feldman-Winter, L. (2024). The climate crisis and breastfeeding: Opportunities for resilience. Journal of Human Lactation, 40(1), 33-50.

• Kaye, P. (2023). Breasts: An Owner's Guide. Dorling Kindersley Ltd.

• Kim, K. H., Green, W. J., Hernandez, Y., Rajulu, S. L., Choi-Rokas, H. E., Li, P., ... & Mitchell, K. B. (2024). Virtual fit assessment of US army body armor using NASA spacesuit techniques. Applied Ergonomics, 120, 104339.

• Maloney, C. M., Paul, S., Lieberenz, J. L., Stempel, L. R., Levy, M. A., & Alvarado, R. (2024). Breast Density Status Changes: Frequency, Sequence, and Practice Implications. Journal of Breast Imaging, wbae048.

• McGhee, D. E., & Steele, J. R. (2023). Changes to breast structure and function across a woman's lifespan: Implications for managing and modeling female breast injuries. Clinical Biomechanics, 107, 106031.

• Monticciolo, D. L., Newell, M. S., Moy, L., Lee, C. S., & Destounis, S. V. (2023). Breast cancer screening for women at higher-than-average risk: updated recommendations from the ACR. Journal of the American College of Radiology, 20(9), 902-914.

• Neville, M. C., Demerath, E. W., Hahn-Holbrook, J., Hovey, R. C., Martin-Carli, J., McGuire, M. A., ... & Raiten, D. J. (2023). Parental factors that impact the ecology of human mammary development, milk secretion, and milk composition—a report from “Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition (BEGIN)” Working Group 1. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 117, S11-S27.

• Moussaron, A., Alexandre, J., Chenard, M. P., Mathelin, C., & Reix, N. (2023). Correlation between daily life aluminium exposure and breast cancer risk: A systematic review. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 79, 127247.

• Pahwa, R., Goyal, A., & Jialal, I. (2018). Chronic inflammation.

• Pimentel, A., Pissarra, S., Rocha, G., & Guimarães, H. (2021). How and when maternal viral infections can be a contraindication to breastfeeding: a narrative review. Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine (JPNIM), 10(1), e100130-e100130.

• Smith, L. J., Eichelberger, T., & Kane, E. J. (2023). Breast Injury in the Women's French Professional Basketball League. The Journal of Women's & Pelvic Health Physical Therapy, 47(2), 90-95.

• Soeder, E., Toro-Pape, F. W., & Lampen-Sachar, K. (2022). Isolated breast parenchymal changes following COVID-19 vaccine booster. Radiology Case Reports, 17(12), 4556-4560.

• Tanne, J. H. (2024). US women must be told breast density after mammogram, says FDA.

• Tarchi, S. M., Pernia Marin, M., Hossain, M. M., & Salvatore, M. (2023). Breast stiffness, a risk factor for cancer and the role of radiology for diagnosis. Journal of Translational Medicine, 21(1), 582.

• Vasei, N., Shishegar, A., Ghalkhani, F., & Darvishi, M. (2019). Fat necrosis in the Breast: A systematic review of clinical. Lipids in health and disease, 18, 1-9.

• Wakefield‐Scurr, J., St John, E., Bibby, K., Renwick, N., Smith, N., Hobbs, S., & Brown, N. (2024). Insights into breast health issues in women's rugby. European Journal of Sport Science.

• World Health Organization, accessed 13 December 2024. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/breast-cancer

• Yang, C., Zhao, H., Espín, E., & Tebbutt, S. J. (2023). Association of SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence with long COVID. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 11(6), 504-506.

Module 5: What We Know About Preventing Breast Cancer

• Basree, M. M., Shinde, N., Koivisto, C., Cuitino, M., Kladney, R., Zhang, J., ... & Ramaswamy, B. (2019). Abrupt involution induces inflammation, estrogenic signaling, and hyperplasia linking lack of breastfeeding with increased risk of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research, 21, 1-18.

• Bhurosy, T., Niu, Z., & Heckman, C. J. (2021). Breastfeeding is possible: a systematic review on the feasibility and challenges of breastfeeding among breast cancer survivors of reproductive age. Annals of surgical oncology, 28, 3723-3735.

• Figueroa, J. D., Pfeiffer, R. M., Patel, D. A., Linville, L., Brinton, L. A., Gierach, G. L., ... & Sherman, M. E. (2014). Terminal duct lobular unit involution of the normal breast: implications for breast cancer etiology. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 106(10), dju286.

• Goff, S. L., & Danforth, D. N. (2021). The role of immune cells in breast tissue and immunotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer. Clinical breast cancer, 21(1), e63-e73.

• Guo, Q., Sun, D., Barrett, A. S., Jindal, S., Pennock, N. D., Conklin, M. W., ... & Schedin, P. J. (2022). Mammary collagen is under reproductive control with implications for breast cancer. Matrix Biology, 105, 104-126.

• Hwang, E. S., Hyslop, T., Lynch, T., Ryser, M. D., Weiss, A., Wolf, A., ... & Pulver, K. (2024). Active monitoring with or without endocrine therapy for low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ: the COMET randomized clinical trial. JAMA.

• Jindal, S., Narasimhan, J., Borges, V. F., & Schedin, P. (2020). Characterization of weaning-induced breast involution in women: implications for young women’s breast cancer. NPJ Breast Cancer, 6(1), 55.

• Johnson, H. M., & Mitchell, K. B. (2019). Breastfeeding and breast cancer: managing lactation in survivors and women with a new diagnosis. Annals of surgical oncology, 26, 3032-3039.

• Kaye, P. (2023). Breasts: An Owner's Guide. Dorling Kindersley Ltd.

• Kothari, C., Diorio, C., & Durocher, F. (2020). The importance of breast adipose tissue in breast cancer. International journal of molecular sciences, 21(16), 5760.

• Lefrère, H., Lenaerts, L., Borges, V. F., Schedin, P., Neven, P., & Amant, F. (2021). Postpartum breast cancer: mechanisms underlying its worse prognosis, treatment implications, and fertility preservation. International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer, 31(3).

• Maskarinec, G., Ju, D., Horio, D., Loo, L. W., & Hernandez, B. Y. (2016). Involution of breast tissue and mammographic density. Breast cancer research, 18, 1-7.

• McDonald, J. A., Liao, Y., Knight, J. A., John, E. M., Kurian, A. W., Daly, M., ... & Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium investigators. (2024). Pregnancy-Related Factors and Breast Cancer Risk for Women Across a Range of Familial Risk. JAMA Network Open, 7(8), e2427441-e2427441.

• Moussaron, A., Alexandre, J., Chenard, M. P., Mathelin, C., & Reix, N. (2023). Correlation between daily life aluminium exposure and breast cancer risk: A systematic review. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 79, 127247.

• Shinde, S. S., Forman, M. R., Kuerer, H. M., Yan, K., Peintinger, F., Hunt, K. K., ... & Symmans, W. F. (2010). Higher parity and shorter breastfeeding duration: association with triple‐negative phenotype of breast cancer. Cancer, 116(21), 4933-4943.

• van den Brandt, P. A., Goldbohm, R. A., & Berol, V. (2002). Alcohol, tobacco and breast cancer--collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 58,515 women with breast cancer and 95,067 women without the disease. Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer. British journal of cancer, 87(11), 1234-1245.

Module 6: The Breasts in Perimenopause and Beyond

• Kaye, P. (2023). Breasts: An Owner's Guide. Dorling Kindersley Ltd.

• Kothari, C., Diorio, C., & Durocher, F. (2020). The importance of breast adipose tissue in breast cancer. International journal of molecular sciences, 21(16), 5760.

• Hickey, M., LaCroix, A. Z., Doust, J., Mishra, G. D., Sivakami, M., Garlick, D., & Hunter, M. S. (2024). An empowerment model for managing menopause. The Lancet, 403(10430), 947-957.

• Lancet, T. (2024). Time for a balanced conversation about menopause. Lancet (London, England), S0140-6736.

• Langton, C. R., Whitcomb, B. W., Purdue-Smithe, A. C., Sievert, L. L., Hankinson, S. E., Manson, J. E., ... & Bertone-Johnson, E. R. (2020). Association of parity and breastfeeding with risk of early natural menopause. JAMA network open, 3(1), e1919615-e1919615.

• Lin, J., Ye, S., Ke, H., Lin, L., Wu, X., Guo, M., ... & Zhao, L. (2023). Changes in the mammary gland during aging and its links with breast diseases: aged mammary gland and breast diseases. Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica, 55(6), 1001.

• Mishra, G. D., Davies, M. C., Hillman, S., Chung, H. F., Roy, S., Maclaran, K., & Hickey, M. (2024). Optimising health after early menopause. The Lancet, 403(10430), 958-968.

• Watts, N. B., Binkley, N., Owens, C. D., Al-Hendy, A., Puscheck, E. E., Shebley, M., ... & Simon, J. A. (2021). Bone mineral density changes associated with pregnancy, lactation, and medical treatments in premenopausal women and effects later in life. Journal of women's health, 30(10), 1416-1430.

• Tariq, A., Patel, B. N., Sensakovic, W. F., Fahrenholtz, S. J., & Banerjee, I. (2023). Opportunistic screening for low bone density using abdominopelvic computed tomography scans. Medical physics, 50(7), 4296-4307.