Egan KM

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2001-2014

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  • article 1
  • other 1

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  • endometriosis 1
2014
Journal of neuro-oncology ·doi:10.1007/s11060-014-1427-0

Gender-specific incidence patterns and the presence of hormonal receptors on tumor cells suggest that sex hormones may play a role in the onset of primary brain tumors. However, epidemiological studies on the relation of hormonal risk facto…

2012
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1097/aog.0b013e31825a717b

ObjectiveTo estimate whether the protective effect of premenopausal bilateral oophorectomy on breast cancer risk is mitigated by estrogen therapy use after surgery.MethodsIn pooled data from four population-based case-control studies spanni…

other 2011
American journal of epidemiology ·doi:10.1093/aje/kwq510

Bilateral oophorectomy is often performed during hysterectomy for benign conditions and can reduce breast cancer risk by 20%-50% when performed at younger ages. Accuracy of estimating the decrease in breast cancer risk associated with bilat…

article 2001
Cancer causes & control : CCC ·doi:10.1023/a:1013796112348

ObjectiveTo clarify the hormonal context of breast cancer etiology we used data from a large, population-based case-control study to investigate the relationship between breast cancer risk and a history of diabetes mellitus, disorders assoc…