David M. Purdie

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 1997-2009

Study types

  • article 3
  • other 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • infertility 1
article 2009
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.10.857

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the association between early menstrual characteristics, before symptom onset, and later diagnosis of endometriosis.Study designThis was a case-control study of 268 Australian women with sur…

other 2004
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology ·doi:10.1158/1055-9965.2141.13.12

OBJECTIVE: The progestagenic milieu of pregnancy and oral contraceptive use is protective against epithelial ovarian cancer. A functional single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter of the progesterone receptor (+331A) alters the relativ…

other 2002
American journal of epidemiology ·doi:10.1093/aje/155.3.217

Controversy surrounds the relations among infertility, fertility drug use, and the risk of ovarian cancer. The authors pooled interview data on infertility and fertility drug use from eight case-control studies conducted between 1989 and 19…

article 1999
British journal of cancer ·doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6690731

It has been suggested that oestrogen replacement therapy is associated with risk of epithelial ovarian cancer of the endometrioid type. Using data from an Australian population-based case-control study, the relation between unopposed oestro…

article 1997
·doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.1997.tb01710.x

Both hysterectomy and tubal sterilisation offer significant protection from ovarian cancer, and the risk of cardiovascular disease in women is lowered after hysterectomy. Since little is known about the accuracy of women's self-reports of t…