Ovarian Volume: Determinants and Associations with Cancer among Postmenopausal Women
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Ovarian volume: determinants and associations with cancer among postmenopausal women.
Clinical studies have reported associations between ovarian stromal hyperplasia and the diagnosis of hormonally related tumors such as endometrial cancer. To assess the hypothesis that characteristics of benign ovaries among postmenopausal women are related to risk for breast, endometrial, and colon cancer, we analyzed systematically collected transvaginal ultrasound data for participants enrol...
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Clinical studies have reported associations between ovarian stromal hyperplasia and the diagnosis of hormonally related tumors such as endometrial cancer. To assess the hypothesis that characteristics of benign ovaries among postmenopausal women are related to risk for breast, endometrial, and colon cancer, we analyzed systematically collected transvaginal ultrasound data for participants enrol...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1055-9965,1538-7755
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-05-0847