Mary K. Townsend

ORCID: 0000-0003-2452-4477 · 4 papers in corpus · active 2018-2025

Study types

  • other 2
  • review 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
other 2025
American journal of epidemiology ·doi:10.1093/aje/kwae135

Ovarian cancer incidence has declined in recent decades, due in part to oral contraceptive (OC) use and tubal ligation. However, intrauterine device (IUD) use has increasingly replaced OC use. As ovarian cancer is an inflammation-related di…

review 2022
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology ·doi:10.1200/jco.21.01900

PURPOSE Frequent aspirin use has been associated with reduced ovarian cancer risk, but no study has comprehensively assessed for effect modification. We leveraged harmonized, individual-level data from 17 studies to examine the association …

other 2020
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-19-0734

BACKGROUND: Laterality of epithelial ovarian tumors may reflect the underlying carcinogenic pathways and origins of tumor cells. METHODS: We pooled data from 9 prospective studies participating in the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium. Info…

review 2018
Gynecologic oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.08.005

Given the current lack of effective screening for ovarian cancer, surgical removal of at-risk tissue is the most successful strategy to decrease risk of cancer development. However, the optimal timing of surgery and tissues to remove, as we…