Reproductive factors, adiposity, breastfeeding and their associations with ovarian cancer in an Asian cohort

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1561-1573

  Gay, Gibson Ming Wei ^a   Lim, Jane Shu Ping ^a   Chay, Wen Yee ^b   Chow, Khuan Yew ^c   Tan, Min Han ^b   Lim, Wei Yen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c National Registry of Diseases Office   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian; Breastfeeding; Obesity; Ovarian cancer; Reproductive factors; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; OVARY CANCER; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SINGAPOREAN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADIPOSITY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84943361271     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-015-0649-6     Document Type: Article

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