Is diabetes mellitus a risk factor for ovarian cancer? A case-control study in Utah and Washington (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 475-478

  Adler, Amanda I ^a   Weiss, Noel S ^b,c   Kamb, Mary L ^d   Lyon, Joseph L ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Diabetes mellitus; Insulin resistance; Ovarian neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DIVISION; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ESTROGENS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 1; RISK FACTORS; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; UTAH; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0029956224     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052674     Document Type: Article

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