The epidemiology of ovarian granulosa cell tumors: A case-control study

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-225

  Boyce, E A ^a   Costaggini, I ^a   Vitonis, A ^a   Feltmate, C ^a   Muto, M ^a   Berkowitz, R ^a   Cramer, D ^a   Horowitz, N S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Granulosa cell tumor; Obesity; Ovarian cancer; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; NEGRO; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVARY CANCER; PARITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349728284     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.06.040     Document Type: Article

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