Linda Titus‐Ernstoff

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
article 2011
Assessing Ovarian Cancer Risk When Considering Elective Oophorectomy at the Time of Hysterectomy
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1097/aog.0b013e318212fcb7

OBJECTIVE: To develop a risk-factor score that may provide additional guidance to women and their physicians regarding elective bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy at the time of hysterectomy. METHODS: From a case-control study conducted from 1…

article 2010
Abstract 876: Bilateral oophorectomy and breast cancer: Confounding by non-malignant indications for surgery
·doi:10.1158/1538-7445.am10-876

Abstract Background: Bilateral oophorectomy at early ages (<40 years) is recognized to lower breast cancer risk. Among U.S. women, oophorectomy is often performed with hysterectomy for benign conditions such as endometriosis and uterine …

article 2001
Metabolic disorders and breast cancer risk (United States)
Cancer causes & control : CCC ·doi:10.1023/a:1013796112348

ObjectiveTo clarify the hormonal context of breast cancer etiology we used data from a large, population-based case-control study to investigate the relationship between breast cancer risk and a history of diabetes mellitus, disorders assoc…

review 1995
Organochlorine Compounds in Relation to Breast Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, and Endometriosis: An Assessment of the Biological and Epidemiological Evidence
Critical reviews in toxicology ·doi:10.3109/10408449509017924

There is an increasing public and scientific concern that certain chlorinated compounds, recognized as environmental pollutants, may cause estrogen-related neoplastic disease in humans. The main hypothesis has been that certain organochlori…