Andrew F Olshan

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus
observational 2024
Journal of women's health (2002) ·doi:10.1089/jwh.2024.0142

Objective: To assess the appropriateness of hysterectomies performed at a large tertiary health system using the 1997 RAND appropriateness classification system and an updated algorithm. Design: We abstracted structured and unstructured dat…

other 2022
Gynecologic Oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2022.02.021

OBJECTIVE: Black women suffer a higher mortality from endometrial cancer (EC) than White women. Potential biological causes for this disparity include a higher prevalence of obesity and more lethal histologic/molecular subtypes. We hypothes…

observational 2020
Cancer causes & control : CCC ·doi:10.1007/s10552-019-01255-2

PURPOSE: In the United States, hysterectomies and oophorectomies are frequently performed before menopause for benign conditions. The procedures are associated with reduced breast cancer-specific mortality among White women. The relationshi…

observational 2016
American Journal of Epidemiology ·doi:10.1093/aje/kwv448

Black women experience higher rates of hysterectomy than other women in the United States. Although research indicates that premenopausal hysterectomy with bilateral oophorectomy decreases the risk of breast cancer in black women, it remain…

observational 2014
The journal of sexual medicine ·doi:10.1111/jsm.12425

INTRODUCTION: Despite estimates of a high prevalence of deep dyspareunia (DD) among women in the United States, risk factors for this important area of sexual dysfunction have been largely understudied. AIMS: The purpose of this study was …

observational 2011
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deq322

BACKGROUND: Sporadic anovulation among regularly menstruating women is not well understood. It is hypothesized that cholesterol abnormalities may lead to hormone imbalances and incident anovulation. The objective was to evaluate the associa…