Kami Silk is an associate professor of communication at MSU. She also is affiliated with the Health and Risk Communication Center in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. ? Breast cancer researchers from Michigan State University will gather?Oct. 13 to discuss their work and view a documentary film that examines the links between environmental toxins and breast cancer.
The event, part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is from 6 to 8 p.m. in Room 147 Communication Arts and Sciences Building. It is free and open to the public. To reserve a seat, visit www.bcerc.msu.edu.
The documentary, ?Living Downstream,? is based on the book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber.
?The movie discusses the scientific findings that link environmental and chemical exposures we encounter on a daily basis that increase cancer rates,? said Kami Silk, an associate professor of communication who also is with MSU?s Health and Risk Communication Center. ?Environmental risks account for a significant number of cancer cases and deaths in the United States.?
A panel discussion will follow a showing of the film. Panelists will include Silk; Sandra Haslam, an MSU professor of physiology who directs the research examining the links between environmental toxins and breast cancer; Charles Atkin, a communication professor who studies effective methods of reaching out to cancer patients; and Valerie Fraser, a member of the Michigan Breast Cancer Coalition.
MSU is a leader in breast cancer research. For example, MSU researchers have identified how the hormones progesterone and estrogen interact to increase cell growth in normal mammary cells and mammary cancers, a novel finding that may explain why postmenopausal women receiving hormone replacement therapy with estrogen plus progestin are at increased risk of breast cancer.
In addition, MSU researchers have found that girls eating a high-fat diet during puberty, even those who do not become overweight or obese, may be at a greater risk of developing breast cancer later in life.
The event is sponsored by the Michigan Breast Cancer Coalition and MSU, with funding from the Breast Cancer and Environment Research Program.
For more information about Michigan State University?s Breast Cancer and Environment Program, visit www.bcerc.msu.edu.
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Source: http://news.msu.edu/story/9863/
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