Description/Abstract
This research review focuses on women veterans who deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) to show if they had a greater likelihood of breast cancer (BC) than other women veterans who did not deploy during that service era. This research review highlights the lower BC risk associated with deployment as well as implications for practice from this study to include recognizing the “healthy soldier/warrior effect” as a potential factor. This IVMF review also provides implications for policy and future research on the topic of women veterans and breast cancer, particularly those who deploy.
Original Citation
Gaffey, A. E., Han, L., Ramsey, C. M., Skanderson, M., Dziura, J., Driscoll, M., Burg, M. M., Brandt, C. A., Bastian, L. A., & Haskell, S. G. (2023). Post-9/11 deployment history and the incidence of breast cancer among women veterans. Annals of Epidemiology, 77, 98–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.11.010
Document Type
Brief
Disciplines
Military and Veterans Studies
Extent
2 pages
DCMI Type
Text
Keywords
Breast cancer, Prevention, Risk, Veterans, Women
Publisher
Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University
Date
10-17-2023
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, "Research Review: "Post-9/11 Deployment History and the Incidence of Breast Cancer Among Women Veterans"" (2023). Institute for Veterans and Military Families. 436.
https://surface.syr.edu/ivmf/436
Creative Commons License
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