Ovarian Cancer Risk Factors
Recent studies from Center for Family and Community Medicine add new data to ovarian cancer risk factors
Published in Cancer Weekly, December 4th, 2007
Research findings, 'Risks of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers after twin births,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study from Huddinge, Sweden, "The concentrations of endogenous hormones differ between women with twin and singleton births, with a possible influence on the risk of cancer. We used the nationwide Swedish Family-Cancer Database, including 30,409 women with a twin birth, to examine the subsequent risks of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers."
"Relative risks (RRs) were calculated in a log-linear Poisson regression model of person-years as offset. Cancer data were retrieved from the Swedish Cancer Registry; a total of 1010, 210, and...
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