Melanoma, thyroid, cervical, and colon cancer risk after use of fertility drugs

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 668-674

  Althuis, Michelle D ^a   Scoccia, Bert ^b   Lamb, Emmet J ^c   Moghissi, Kamran S ^d   Westhoff, Carolyn L ^e   Mabie, Jerome E ^f   Brinton, Louise A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clomiphene; Gonadotropins; Infertility; Ovulation induction

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CLOMIPHENE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24344506232     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.01.091     Document Type: Article

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