2000
Oral-Contraceptive Use, Anovulatory Action, and Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Risch H. Oral-Contraceptive Use, Anovulatory Action, and Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. Epidemiology 2000, 11: 614. PMID: 10955420, DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200009000-00024.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Hormonal Etiology of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, With a Hypothesis Concerning the Role of Androgens and Progesterone
Risch HA. Hormonal Etiology of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, With a Hypothesis Concerning the Role of Androgens and Progesterone. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 1998, 90: 1774-1786. PMID: 9839517, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.23.1774.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial ovarian cancerOvarian cancerIncessant ovulationOvarian epithelial cellsOvarian inclusion cystsEpithelial cellsRole of androgensGonadotropin hypothesisGonadotropin secretionGonadotropin stimulationHormonal etiologyColorectal cancerCancer deathInclusion cystsAndrogenic stimulationFrequent causeCancerGermline mutationsProgesterone stimulationHormonal stimulationOvulationStimulationAdditional major factorAndrogensProgesterone