Bilateral oophorectomy in relation to risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: Confounding by nonmalignant indications for surgery?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1111-1120

  Nichols, Hazel B ^a   Visvanathan, Kala ^a,b   Newcomb, Polly A ^c   Hampton, John M ^d   Egan, Kathleen M ^e   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^f   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; case control studies; confounding factors; endometriosis; epidemiology; hysterectomy; leiomyoma; ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; ODDS RATIO; OVARIECTOMY; RISK FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79955787028     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq510     Document Type: Article

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