Marina Kvaskoff

STUDY QUESTION: Are body size across the life course and adult height associated with endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Endometriosis is associated with lean body size during childhood, adolescence and adulthood; tall total adult height; and …

PURPOSE: Endometriosis is associated with ovarian cancer, but the relation with endometrial cancer is unclear. Prior studies generally were retrospective and had potential limitations, including use of self-reported endometriosis, failure t…

PURPOSE: Endometriosis has been associated with an increased risk of skin melanoma. However, associations with other skin cancer types and how they compare with melanoma are unclear. Our objective was to prospectively investigate the relati…

OBJECTIVES: The aetiologies of endometriosis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are all characterised by immune dysfunction. SLE and RA occur more often in women, and reproductive and hormonal factors have bee…

study question: Is there a relationship between severe teenage acne and endometriosis? summaryanswer: Endometriosis is positively associated with severe teenage acne. what is known already: No studies have specifically explored a possible a…

BACKGROUND: Despite an estimated prevalence of 10% in women, the etiology of endometriosis remains poorly understood. Over recent decades, endometriosis has been associated with risk of several chronic diseases, such as cancer, autoimmune d…

BACKGROUND: While melanocytic nevi have been associated with genetic factors and childhood sun exposure, several observations also suggest a potential hormonal influence on nevi. To test the hypothesis that nevi are associated with breast t…

Background Endometriosis has been associated with a higher risk of cutaneous melanoma, but the mechanisms underlying this association are un-known. Some constitutional factors known to influence melanoma risk have been associated with endom…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis has been associated with a higher risk of cutaneous melanoma, but the mechanisms underlying this association are unknown.Some constitutional factors known to influence melanoma risk have been associated with endome…

STUDY QUESTION: Is there a relationship between severe teenage acne and endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Endometriosis is positively associated with severe teenage acne. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: No studies have specifically explored a possibl…

BACKGROUND: Because endometriosis is diagnosed predominantly in young women, exposures occurring during childhood or adolescence may have a major impact on the disease. However, potential risk factors during this time period have received l…

Study question: To compare the pregnancy rate in patients submitted to FET (Frozen Embryos Transfer) of cleavage stage embryos (Group 1), or at the blastocyst stage (Group 2). Summary answer: Our data showed that the transfer of frozen blas…

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN. The prevalence of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) varies widely in literature due to varying definitions of cases and to the diversity of populations studied. Estimates range from 2.1% to 30.9% among women in …

ABSTRACT Background Cutaneous melanoma is a potentially lethal cancer for which incidence rates have risen dramatically in white-skinned populations worldwide over the past decades. While some risk factors for melanoma have been clearly est…

BACKGROUND: An association between melanoma and endometriosis has been reported, but most findings relied on case-control studies or a limited number of melanoma cases, and therefore the available evidence is weak. Moreover, the effect of o…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is an important women's health issue, however its aetiology remains unknown. An association between endometriosis and cutaneous melanoma was described, possibly explained through common genetic features. To further…