Leon Massuger

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 2010-2016

Study types

  • other 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
other 2016
Assessment of Multifactor Gene-Environment Interactions and Ovarian Cancer Risk: Candidate Genes, Obesity, and Hormone-Related Risk Factors
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology ·doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-1039

BACKGROUND: Many epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) risk factors relate to hormone exposure and elevated estrogen levels are associated with obesity in postmenopausal women. Therefore, we hypothesized that gene-environment interactions related…

other 2010
The origin of serous ovarian cancer may be found in the uterus: a novel hypothesis
Medical hypotheses ·doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2009.11.029

Since 1971 the incessant ovulation theory by Fathalla is widely accepted as theory for ovarian carcinogenesis, supported mainly by epidemiological findings. However, this theory cannot explain the protective effect of hysterectomy and tubal…