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Influence of selected hormonal and lifestyle factors on familial propensity to ovarian cancer.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Mar 2004
Tavani Alessandra, Bosetti Cristina, Dal Maso Luigino, Giordano Laura, Franceschi Silvia, La Vecchia Carlo
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To study the influence of established risk factors for ovarian cancer in women with a family history of ovarian and/or breast cancer. METHODS: Italian hospital-based case-control study. Cases were 1031 women with incident epithelial ovarian cancer and controls were 2411 women. Two "Adult life risk scores" (ALRS) were defined combining the effect of hormonal and lifestyle risk factors. RESULTS: Ovarian cancer...
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