2002
Infertility, Fertility Drugs, and Ovarian Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies
Ness RB, Cramer DW, Goodman MT, Kjaer SK, Mallin K, Mosgaard BJ, Purdie DM, Risch HA, Vergona R, Wu AH. Infertility, Fertility Drugs, and Ovarian Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2002, 155: 217-224. PMID: 11821246, DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.3.217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFertility drug useCase-control studyOvarian cancerDrug useNulligravid womenFertility drugsBorderline serous tumorsOral contraception useMonths of useSubfertile womenHistologic subtypeSerous tumorsPooled analysisTubal ligationOdds ratioUnknown causeBiologic causesFamily historyCancer riskContraception useInfertilityCancerOverall riskConfidence intervalsWomen
2001
Progesterone receptor variant increases ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers who were never exposed to oral contraceptives
Runnebaum I, Wang-Gohrke S, Vesprini D, Kreienberg R, Lynch H, Moslehi R, Ghadirian P, Weber B, Godwin A, Risch H, Garber J, Lerman C, Olopade O, Foulkes W, Karlan B, Warner E, Rosen B, Rebbeck T, Tonin P, Dubé M, Kieback D, Narod S. Progesterone receptor variant increases ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers who were never exposed to oral contraceptives. Pharmacogenetics And Genomics 2001, 11: 635-638. PMID: 11668223, DOI: 10.1097/00008571-200110000-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPROGINS alleleOvarian cancerOral contraceptivesBRCA2 mutationsCarriers of BRCA1Oral contraceptive useOvarian cancer riskHereditary ovarian cancerBRCA2 mutation carriersOral contraception useForms of cancerYear of birthPrior diagnosisBRCA2 carriersProgesterone receptorBreast cancerMutation carriersContraceptive useCancer riskContraception useHereditary breastDisease statusPast exposureCancerBRCA1 mutations