Reproductive and hormonal factors and ovarian cancer
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Reproductive and hormonal factors and ovarian cancer.
BACKGROUND Menstrual, reproductive and hormonal factors have been related to ovarian cancer risk, but further quantification of their role in various populations is required. PATIENTS AND METHODS Cases were 1031 women, below age 79, with incident, histologically confirmed epithelial ovarian cancer, and controls 2411 women, admitted between 1992 and 1999 to a network of hospitals in 4 Italian ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1023/a:1011128408146