Simon A. Gayther

ORCID: 0000-0001-7937-5443 · 30 papers in corpus
article 2014
Gynecologic Oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.06.016

BackgroundEndometriosis is a common condition that is associated with an increased risk of developing ovarian carcinoma. Improved in vitro models of this disease are needed to better understand how endometriosis, a benign disease, can under…

meta-analysis 2013
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-12-1030-T

BACKGROUND: There are several well-established environmental risk factors for ovarian cancer, and recent genome-wide association studies have also identified six variants that influence disease risk. However, the interplay between such risk…

other 2012
The Lancet. Oncology ·doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70404-1

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a risk factor for epithelial ovarian cancer; however, whether this risk extends to all invasive histological subtypes or borderline tumours is not clear. We undertook an international collaborative study to asse…

journal-article 2012
The Lancet. Oncology ·doi:10.1016/s1470-2045(11)70404-1

BackgroundEndometriosis is a risk factor for epithelial ovarian cancer; however, whether this risk extends to all invasive histological subtypes or borderline tumours is not clear. We undertook an international collaborative study to assess…

other 2011
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.06.059

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between self-reported endometriosis and the putative functional promoter +331C/T single nucleotide polymorphism and the PROGINS allele. DESIGN: Control subjects from ovarian cancer case-control stu…