2013
Genital Powder Use and Risk of Ovarian Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 8,525 Cases and 9,859 Controls
Terry KL, Karageorgi S, Shvetsov YB, Merritt MA, Lurie G, Thompson PJ, Carney ME, Weber RP, Akushevich L, Lo-Ciganic WH, Cushing-Haugen K, Sieh W, Moysich K, Doherty JA, Nagle CM, Berchuck A, Pearce CL, Pike M, Ness RB, Webb PM, Study A, Rossing M, Schildkraut J, Risch H, Goodman M. Genital Powder Use and Risk of Ovarian Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 8,525 Cases and 9,859 Controls. Cancer Prevention Research 2013, 6: 811-821. PMID: 23761272, PMCID: PMC3766843, DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-13-0037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial ovarian cancerOvarian cancerPowder usePopulation-based case-control studyMost histologic subtypesEpithelial ovarian cancer riskBorderline serous tumorsOvarian cancer riskCase-control studySubtype-specific riskConditional logistic regressionHistologic subtypeHistologic typeSerous tumorsPotential confoundersPooled analysisPooled ORsModifiable exposuresCancer riskTumor behaviorEpidemiologic investigationsCancerLogistic regressionLifetime numberCarcinogenic effects
1997
Perineal talc exposure and risk of ovarian carcinoma
Chang S, Risch H. Perineal talc exposure and risk of ovarian carcinoma. Cancer 1997, 79: 2396-2401. PMID: 9191529, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19970615)79:12<2396::aid-cncr15>3.0.co;2-m.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian carcinomaTalc exposureFrequency of exposureUnconditional logistic regression methodsTalcum powder useInvasive ovarian carcinomasBorderline significant associationPerineal talc exposureBorderline carcinomaMenstrual historyInvasive carcinomaCarcinoma typesEpidemiologic studiesEpidemiologic investigationsCarcinomaSignificant associationPowder useHistologic sectionsLogistic regression methodRole of talcSignificant riskFurther studiesOnly riskRiskPerineum