Birmann BM

ORCID: 0000-0002-7550-5498 · 2 papers in corpus

observational 2023

A prospective cohort study of infertility and cancer incidence

Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.02.028

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between infertility and the incidence of invasive cancer. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study (1989-2015). SETTING: Not applicable. PATIENT(S): A total of 103,080 women aged 25-42 years in the Nurse…

observational 2021

Circulating Biomarkers of Inflammation and Ovarian Cancer Risk in the Nurses' Health Studies

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-20-1390

BACKGROUND: Chronic inflammation is a well-established mechanism of ovarian carcinogenesis; however, the specific immunogenic processes influencing ovarian tumor development remain unclear. In a case-control study nested within the Nurses' …