Françoise Clavel-Chapelon

Summary Background Thyroid cancers are threefold more frequent in women than in men. A role of reproductive or hormonal factors has been suggested but with contradictory results. We investigated potential associations between history of hys…

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…

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…

This study is, to our knowledge, the first to report a positive dose-effect relationship between the risk of endometriosis and skin sensitivity to sun exposure, and number of naevi and freckles. These data suggest that endometriosis and mel…