L A Brinton — Endo Lab

article 2015

Shared genetics underlying epidemiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated associations between endometriosis and certain histotypes of ovarian cancer, including clear cell, low-grade serous and endometrioid carcinomas. We aimed to determine whether the observed associatio…

other 1999

Breast cancer risk in young women and history of selected medical conditions

International journal of epidemiology ·doi:10.1093/ije/28.5.816

BACKGROUND: Several common medical conditions are associated with altered hormone levels, and may thus plausibly influence breast cancer risk. Few studies have examined such relationships, and we utilized a population-based case-control stu…

other 1997

Breast cancer risk associated with gynecologic surgery and indications for such surgery

International journal of cancer ·doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19970117)70:2<150::aid-ijc2>3.0.co;2-w

Risk of breast cancer was assessed in relationship to gynecologic operations using data from a record-linkage study involving 15,844 women in the Uppsala Health Care Region of Sweden, who underwent surgery between 1965 and 1983. Data abstra…

article 1997

Cancer risk after a hospital discharge diagnosis of endometriosis

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(97)70550-7

ObjectivesOur goal was to determine the risk of cancer after hospitalization for endometriosis.Study designRecords of 20,686 women hospitalized with endometriosis during the period 1969 to 1983, as identified through the nationwide Swedish …