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Coffee intake, variants in genes involved in caffeine metabolism, and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Apr 2009
Kotsopoulos Joanne, Vitonis Allison F, Terry Kathryn L, De Vivo Immaculata, Cramer Daniel W, Hankinson Susan E, Tworoger Shelley S
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We evaluated whether genetic variability, as well as menopausal status, modify the association between coffee intake and risk of ovarian cancer. Risk factor information and biologic specimens from three large epidemiological studies, the Nurses' Health Study (NHS), NHSII, and the New England based Case-Control Study of ovarian cancer (NECC) were pooled resulting in 1,354 ovarian cancer cases and 1,851 controls...
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