Origin of ovarian cancer from benign cysts

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 197-199

  Dal Maso, L ^a,b,c,d   Canzonieri, V ^a,b,c,d   Talamini, R ^a,b,c,d   Franceschi, S ^a,b,c,d   La Vecchia, C ^a,b,c,d  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cysts; Epidemiology; Oral contraceptives; Ovarian cancer; Risk

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CYST; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035067813     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-200104000-00016     Document Type: Article

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