Christopher C. Benz

ORCID: 0000-0001-5479-4641 · 2 papers in corpus

observational 2023

A common IGF1R gene variant predicts later life breast cancer risk in women with preeclampsia

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment ·doi:10.1007/s10549-022-06789-9

PURPOSE: Preeclampsia has been inconsistently associated with altered later life risk of cancer. This study utilizes the Nurses' Health Study 2 (NHS2) to determine if the future risk of breast and non-breast cancers in women who experience …

observational 2022

Reduced cardiovascular risks in women with endometriosis or polycystic ovary syndrome carrying a common functional IGF1R variant

Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deac059

STUDY QUESTION: Is the increased future cardiovascular risk seen in women with endometriosis or polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) mitigated by functional insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF1R) single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs20…