2016
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and the Risk of Ovarian Cancer and Borderline Ovarian Tumors: A Pooled Analysis of 13 Case-Control Studies
Rasmussen CB, Kjaer SK, Albieri V, Bandera EV, Doherty JA, Høgdall E, Webb PM, Jordan SJ, Rossing MA, Wicklund KG, Goodman MT, Modugno F, Moysich KB, Ness RB, Edwards RP, Schildkraut JM, Berchuck A, Olson SH, Kiemeney LA, Massuger LF, Narod SA, Phelan CM, Anton-Culver H, Ziogas A, Wu AH, Pearce CL, Risch HA, Jensen A, Consortium O. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and the Risk of Ovarian Cancer and Borderline Ovarian Tumors: A Pooled Analysis of 13 Case-Control Studies. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2016, 185: 8-20. PMID: 27941069, PMCID: PMC5209588, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww161.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialCase-Control StudiesComorbidityContraceptives, Oral, HormonalFamily HealthFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHormone Replacement TherapyHumansHysterectomyNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialOvarian NeoplasmsPelvic Inflammatory DiseaseProtective FactorsReproductive HistoryRisk FactorsSterilization, TubalTalcConceptsPelvic inflammatory diseaseOvarian cancer riskBorderline ovarian tumorsCase-control studyOvarian Cancer Association ConsortiumBorderline tumorsOvarian cancerCancer riskOvarian tumorsInflammatory diseasesOdds ratioEpisodes of PIDHistory of PIDStudy-specific odds ratiosLow-grade serous tumorsHistotype-specific associationsEpithelial ovarian cancerPooled odds ratioRandom-effects modelSerous tumorsPooled analysisOvarian carcinogenesisTumor behaviorTumorsCancer
2008
Ovarian cancer risk is associated with a common variant in the promoter sequence of the mismatch repair gene MLH1
Harley I, Rosen B, Risch HA, Siminovitch K, Beiner ME, McLaughlin J, Sun P, Narod SA. Ovarian cancer risk is associated with a common variant in the promoter sequence of the mismatch repair gene MLH1. Gynecologic Oncology 2008, 109: 384-387. PMID: 18405947, PMCID: PMC3060029, DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.11.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHereditary non-polyposis colon cancer syndromeInvasive ovarian cancerOvarian cancerMLH1 genePolymorphic variantsOvarian cancer riskColon cancer syndromesMismatch repair genes MLH1Endometrial cancerClear cellsCancer riskCardinal featuresCancer syndromesCancerGenes MLH1Proportion of familiesSignificant riskSyndromeColonCommon variantsRiskEthnic groupsPredisposesHistologyVariants