2005
Fruits and Vegetables and Ovarian Cancer Risk in a Pooled Analysis of 12 Cohort Studies
Koushik A, Hunter DJ, Spiegelman D, Anderson KE, Arslan AA, Beeson WL, van den Brandt PA, Buring JE, Cerhan JR, Colditz GA, Fraser GE, Freudenheim JL, Genkinger JM, Goldbohm RA, Hankinson SE, Koenig KL, Larsson SC, Leitzmann M, McCullough ML, Miller AB, Patel A, Rohan TE, Schatzkin A, Smit E, Willett WC, Wolk A, Zhang SM, Smith-Warner SA. Fruits and Vegetables and Ovarian Cancer Risk in a Pooled Analysis of 12 Cohort Studies. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2005, 14: 2160-2167. PMID: 16172226, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-05-0218.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancer riskVegetable intakeOvarian cancerCancer riskRelative riskPooled multivariate relative risksStudy-specific relative risksInvasive epithelial ovarian cancerCox proportional hazards modelTotal fruit intakeMultivariate relative riskFood frequency questionnaireTotal vegetable intakeEpithelial ovarian cancerProportional hazards modelDifferent histologic typesRandom-effects modelCancer-preventive actionsCohort studyHistologic typeProspective studyPooled analysisFruit intakeLowest quartileHazards model
1998
Plasma Sex Steroid Hormone Levels and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women
Hankinson S, Willett W, Manson J, Colditz G, Hunter D, Spiegelman D, Barbieri R, Speizer F. Plasma Sex Steroid Hormone Levels and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 1998, 90: 1292-1299. PMID: 9731736, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.17.1292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSex steroid hormone levelsHormone replacement therapyBreast cancer riskPostmenopausal womenBreast cancerSteroid hormone levelsBlood collectionEstrogen levelsReplacement therapyHormone levelsCancer riskHealth StudyPrevious hormone replacement therapyPlasma sex steroid hormone levelsPostmenopausal estrogen levelsNurses' Health StudyPlasma estrogen levelsLevels of estradiolCase-control studyPlasma androgen levelsBioavailable estradiolMenopausal statusSignificant positive associationControl subjectsLowest quartile