Lynn Rosenberg

Abstract PURPOSE: Women with endometriosis have a 2 to 3-fold greater risk of endometrioid and clear cell ovarian cancer than other women, based on estimates from studies predominantly of White women. Fibroids have not been consistently ass…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate associations between endometriosis and uterine leiomyomas with ovarian cancer risk by race and the effect of hysterectomy on these associations. METHODS: We used data from four case-control studies and two case-contr…

BackgroundThe causes of racial disparities in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) incidence remain unclear. Differences in the prevalence of ovarian cancer risk factors may explain disparities in EOC incidence among African American (AA) and Wh…

OBJECTIVE: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) occurs most commonly among reproductive age women, compatible with a potential role of reproductive factors, although past studies including women of mainly European ancestry have yielded confli…

PurposeUterine leiomyomata (UL), benign tumors of the myometrium, are influenced by sex steroid hormones. A history of UL diagnosis has been associated with a higher risk of uterine malignancies. The relation between UL and breast cancer, a…

BackgroundUterine leiomyomata (UL) are the primary indication for hysterectomy and are 2-3 times more common in black than white women. High dietary fat intake has been associated with increased endogenous concentrations of estradiol, a sex…

Oral contraceptive (OC) use has been linked to increased risk of breast cancer, largely on the basis of studies conducted before 1990. In the Case-Control Surveillance Study, a US hospital-based case-control study of medication use and canc…

ObjectiveTo examine the association between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and the risk of uterine leiomyomata (UL).DesignProspective cohort study.SettingParticipants from the Black Women's Health Study, an ongoing prospective cohort stud…