Association of parity and ovarian cancer risk by family history of breast or ovarian cancer in a population-based study of postmenopausal women

Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 66-71

  Vachon, Celine M ^a,d   Mink, Pamela J ^b   Janney, Carol A ^a   Sellers, Thomas A ^a   Cerhan, James R ^a   Hartmann, Lynn ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Family history; Ovarian cancer; Parity; Prospective cohort study; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PARITY; POPULATION RISK; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IOWA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036136613     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200201000-00011     Document Type: Article

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